🎬 Director
John Woo
🎂 Born 22 September 1946 (age 79)📍 Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Popularity Score
50
Acting Credits
43
Directed
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.
Known For
Directed Films(43)
★ 7.1
Face/Off
1997
Director
★ 6.1
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Director
★ 6.3
The Killer
2024
Director
★ 6.5
Hard Target
1993
Director
★ 7.5
Hard Boiled
1992
Director
★ 7.3
Red Cliff II
2009
Director
★ 7.6
The Killer
1989
Director
★ 6.1
Broken Arrow
1996
Director
★ 7.4
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Director
★ 6.9
Once a Thief
1991
Director
★ 6.3
Windtalkers
2002
Director
★ 7.1
Red Cliff
2008
Director
★ 6.2
Paycheck
2003
Director
★ 7.6
Bullet in the Head
1990
Director
★ 6.2
Silent Night
2023
Director
★ 5.6
Manhunt
2017
Director
★ 7.1
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
Director
★ 6.9
Reign of Assassins
2010
Director
★ 6.6
Hand of Death
1976
Director
★ 7.1
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
1979
Director
★ 5.5
The Crossing I
2014
Director
★ 6.5
Heroes Shed No Tears
1984
Director
★ 6.7
Just Heroes
1989
Director
★ 5.3
The Crossing II
2015
Director
★ 6.8
The Young Dragons
1974
Director
★ 6.6
Money Crazy
1977
Director
★ 5.3
Blackjack
1998
Director
★ 4.9
Once a Thief
1996
Director
★ 6.3
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
Director
★ 7.0
All the Invisible Children
2006
Director
★ 7.0
The Dragon Tamers
1975
Director
★ 8.6
Run Tiger Run
1985
Director
★ 8.0
Follow the Star
1978
Director
★ 5.3
Laughing Times
1980
Director
★ 8.5
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978
Director
★ 5.2
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
2004
Director
★ 5.8
To Hell with the Devil
1982
Director
★ 4.9
From Riches to Rags
1980
Director
★ 8.5
Princess Chang-Ping
1976
Director
★ 9.0
The Time You Need a Friend
1984
Director
★ 6.6
Hostage
2002
Director
★ 4.9
Accidentally
1968
Director
★ 6.0
Dead Knot
1969
Director
Full Filmography(50 films)
YearTitleRating
1992Hard Boiled★ 7.51986A Better Tomorrow★ 7.41991Once a Thief★ 6.91992Twin Dragons★ 6.71990Bullet in the Head★ 7.61991The Banquet★ 5.82009The Founding of a Republic★ 5.32009The Founding of a Republic★ 5.31976Hand of Death★ 6.61988I Love Maria★ 6.42011Beginning of the Great Revival★ 4.72003Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu★ 7.11987The Thirty Million Dollar Rush★ 7.21974The Young Dragons★ 6.81988Starry Is the Night★ 6.52009How Bruce Lee Changed the World★ 8.01982Plain Jane to the Rescue★ 6.32002The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies★ 5.91974Young Lovers on Flying Wheels★ 6.51998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema★ 5.22016Ken San★ 6.71978Follow the Star★ 8.01990Rebel from China★ 10.02017John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood★ 7.32011Kurosawa's Way★ 5.82001Mission: Improbable★ 7.52022The King of Wuxia Part 1★ 8.71980From Riches to Rags★ 4.91989Sunset in Paris★ 7.02022The King of Wuxia Part 2—1997Task Force★ 7.52005A Century of Light and Shadow—1973The Mandarin★ 7.01979Itchy Fingers★ 7.22003Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia★ 6.02004Crossings: John Woo—2003Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong—1985Love, Lone Flower★ 8.01985Happy Union 2★ 10.01999Kurosawa: The Last Emperor★ 6.22007The Making of Hard Boiled—2003The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary—1994Cinema of Vengeance★ 6.21968Accidentally★ 4.91993Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino★ 7.31969Dead Knot★ 6.02021Life in 24 Frames a Second—2008Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki—2007The Making of Stranglehold★ 8.02003The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian—