John Woo
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
Acting
1992
asMr. Woo
2001
asJohn Woo
2009
asSelf
1968
as1968
asYoung Man
1974
asMessage Deliverer
1998
as(archive footage)
2011
asLin Sen
1988
as
1974
asMan at Bike Reclaim Centre
2003
as
1991
asStanley Wu
1999
asSelf
1998
asSelf
2003
asSelf
1989
as
1988
asFather Fan
1990
asKwong
2011
asSelf
1982
asSelf
1986
asInspector Wu
1985
as1985
as
1997
asPolice Chief
2009
asLiu Wenhui
2022
asSelf
1978
asMiss Chen's Father
1987
asLing's Husband
2016
asSelf
2003
asSelf
1979
asTriad Boss on Lorry
1993
asSelf
1994
asSelf (uncredited)
2002
asSelf - Interviewee
1991
asMan on Stairs
1973
as
1990
asPoliceman
1980
as[cameo]
2005
asSelf
1992
asPriest
1976
asZhang Yi
2008
as2009
asNational Army Officers
2004
asSelf
2017
asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021
asSelf
2022
asSelf
2003
asSelf
2007
asSelf
asSelf
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as
as吴宇森
Production
1990
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2008
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2003
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2002
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1998
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1984
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1995
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2007
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2010
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1998
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2003
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2023
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2024
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1985
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2002
as1985
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2007
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1998
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2012
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2010
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2009
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1996
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1989
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1985
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1995
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2011
as
2011
as
2007
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2014
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1976
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1985
as1984
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2009
as
2010
as1981
asCrew
1973
as1998
asDirecting
1997
as
2000
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1993
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1989
as1986
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2005
as1990
as2008
as1992
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1996
as2002
as2003
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1979
as1968
as1968
as1974
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1975
as1976
as
1977
as
2002
as2009
as1998
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1996
as
1976
as1991
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1987
as1984
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1989
as2010
as
1982
as2024
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2004
as1985
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2014
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1978
as1978
as1980
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1980
as1982
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1985
as2023
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2015
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2017
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1972
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1973
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1973
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1973
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