Directing
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
September 22, 1946 (age 79)
Born in
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (born September 22, 1946) 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.
—The King of Wuxia Part 2
Self
2022
—The King of Wuxia Part 1
Self
2022
—大侠胡金铨
self
2022
—Life in 24 Frames a Second
Self
2021
—John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
—Ken San
Self
2016
—Voice
2012
—Beginning of the Great Revival
Lin Sen
2011
—Kurosawa's Way
Self
2011
—The Founding of a Republic
Liu Wenhui
2009
—How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Self
2009
—Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
—The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
—Bokura no Jidai
2007
—Be My Guest
2006
—A Century of Light and Shadow
Self
2005
—Crossings: John Woo
Self
2004
—Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Self
2003
—The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
—The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
As himself
2003
—The Killer
Director
2024
—Silent Night
Director
2023
—Manhunt
Director
2017
—The Crossing II
Director
2015
—The Crossing I
Director
2014
—Reign of Assassins
Director
2010
—Red Cliff II
Director
2009
—Red Cliff
Director
2008
—All the Invisible Children
Director
2006
—The Robinsons: Lost in Space
Director
2004
—Paycheck
Director
2003
—Hostage
Director
2002
—Windtalkers
Director
2002
—Mission: Impossible II
Director
2000
—X-Crucior
Director
—Gambino
Director
—Blackjack
Director
1998
—Face/Off
Director
1997
—Once a Thief
Director
1996
—Broken Arrow
Director
1996
