Actor

John Woo

1968–presentb. 1946DocumentaryActionComedyDrama

Force of Nature

Also directed 45 films ↗Also wrote 29 screenplays ↗

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Known For

50 acting credits

as Mr. Woo

Hard Boiled

as Mr. Woo

1992

Hard Boiled

as Inspector Wu

A Better Tomorrow

as Inspector Wu

1986

A Better Tomorrow

Filmography

2022The King of Wuxia Part 1Self8.7 2022The King of Wuxia Part 2Self 2021Life in 24 Frames a SecondSelf 2017John Travolta, le miraculé d'HollywoodSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)7.3 2016Ken SanSelf6.7 2011Beginning of the Great RevivalLin Sen4.6

About

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.

As Director

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1997Face/Off 2000Mission: Impossible II 1993Hard Target 1989The Killer 1986A Better Tomorrow 2006All the Invisible Children

As Screenwriter

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2008Red Cliff 1979Last Hurrah for Chivalry 1969Dead Knot 1974The Young Dragons 2009Red Cliff II 1991Once a Thief

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