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.
50 movies · 7 shows
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022·0.0
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022·8.7
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021·0.0
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017·7.3
Ken San
2016·6.7
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011·4.7
Kurosawa's Way
2011·5.8
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
2010·0.0
The Founding of a Republic
2009·5.3
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009·8.0
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008·0.0
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007·0.0
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007·0.0
The Making of Stranglehold
2007·8.0
Crossings: John Woo
2004·0.0
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003·0.0
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003·0.0
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003·0.0
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003·6.0
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003·7.1
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002·5.9
Mission: Improbable
2001·7.5
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999·6.2
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998·5.2
Task Force
1997·7.5
Cinema of Vengeance
1994·6.2
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993·7.3
Hard Boiled
1992·7.5
Twin Dragons
1992·6.7
The Banquet
1991·5.8
Once a Thief
1991·6.9
Rebel from China
1990·10.0
Bullet in the Head
1990·7.6
Sunset in Paris
1989·7.0
Starry Is the Night
1988·6.5
I Love Maria
1988·6.4
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987·7.2
A Better Tomorrow
1986·7.4
Love, Lone Flower
1985·8.0
Happy Union 2
1985·10.0
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982·6.3
From Riches to Rags
1980·4.9
Itchy Fingers
1979·7.2
Follow the Star
1978·8.0
Hand of Death
1976·6.6
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974·6.5
The Young Dragons
1974·6.8
The Mandarin
1973·7.0
Dead Knot
1969·6.0
Accidentally
1968·4.9