John Woo

Biography

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.

Known For

Hard Boiled

as Mr. Woo

A Better Tomorrow

as Inspector Wu

Twin Dragons

as Priest

Bullet in the Head

as Policeman

Once a Thief

as Stanley Wu

Hand of Death

as Zhang Yi

The Founding of a Republic

as Liu Wenhui

The Founding of a Republic

as National Army Officers

Jackie Chan: My Story

as (archive footage)

Beginning of the Great Revival

as Lin Sen