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Known For
Directing
Birthday
September 22, 1946
Place of Birth
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Also Known As
- Wu Yu-Sheng
- Wu Yu-Shen
- Wu Yao-Shen
- John Y. S. Woo
- John Y. Woo
- Ng Yue-Sum
- 吳宇森
John Woo
2.4 Popularity
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
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Self
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
8.7
Self
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
0.0
Self
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
7.3
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
6.0
Self
Ken San
2016
0.0
Voice
2012
4.6
Lin Sen
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
5.4
Self
Kurosawa's Way
2011
5.2
Liu Wenhui
The Founding of a Republic
2009
5.2
National Army Officers
The Founding of a Republic
2009
Credits
The King of Wuxia Part 2
as Self
2022
0.0
The King of Wuxia Part 1
as Self
2022
8.7
Life in 24 Frames a Second
as Self
2021
0.0
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
7.3
Ken San
as Self
2016
6.0
Voice
2012
0.0
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Lin Sen
2011
4.6
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
2011
5.4
The Founding of a Republic
as Liu Wenhui
2009
5.2
The Founding of a Republic
as National Army Officers
2009
5.2
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
as Self
2009
8.0
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
0.0
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
as Self
2007
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Bokura no Jidai
2007
0.0
Be My Guest
2006
0.0
A Century of Light and Shadow
as Self
2005
0.0
Crossings: John Woo
as Self
2004
0.0
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
as Self
2003
0.0
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
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The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
as As himself
2003
0.0
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
as Self
2003
6.0
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
as Self
2003
6.8
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Interviewee
2002
5.7
Mission: Improbable
as John Woo
2001
7.5
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Self
1999
5.5
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
1998
4.9
Task Force
as Police Chief
1997
7.0
Cinema of Vengeance
as Self (uncredited)
1994
5.4
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
as Self
1993
7.3
Hard Boiled
as Mr. Woo
1992
7.5
Twin Dragons
as Priest
1992
6.7
The Banquet
as Man on Stairs
1991
5.3
Once a Thief
as Stanley Wu
1991
6.8
Rebel from China
as Kwong
1990
0.0
Bullet in the Head
as Policeman
1990
7.6
Sunset in Paris
as Maggie's uncle
1989
7.0
Celebrity Talk Show
as 吴宇森
1989
9.0
Starry Is the Night
as Father Fan
1988
6.0
I Love Maria
1988
6.3
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
as Ling's Husband
1987
6.9
A Better Tomorrow
as Inspector Wu
1986
7.4
Love, Lone Flower
1985
0.0
Happy Union 2
1985
0.0
Plain Jane to the Rescue
as Self
1982
4.8
From Riches to Rags
as [cameo]
1980
4.0
Itchy Fingers
as Triad Boss on Lorry
1979
6.3
Follow the Star
as Miss Chen's Father
1978
10.0
Hand of Death
as Zhang Yi
1976
6.0
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
as Man at Bike Reclaim Centre
1974
5.0
The Young Dragons
as Message Deliverer
1974
6.7
The Mandarin
1973
7.0
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Dead Knot
1968
4.0
🎬
Accidentally
as Young Man
1968
4.4
Golden Horse Awards
as Self
1962
9.0