John Woo
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.
Hard Boiled
(Mr. Woo)
Mission: Improbable
(John Woo)
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
(Self)
Accidentally
(Young Man)
Dead Knot
The Young Dragons
(Message Deliverer)
Jackie Chan: My Story
((archive footage))
Beginning of the Great Revival
(Lin Sen)
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
(Man at Bike Reclaim Centre)
I Love Maria
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
Once a Thief
(Stanley Wu)
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
(Self)
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
(Self)
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
(Self)
Sunset in Paris
Starry Is the Night
(Father Fan)
Rebel from China
(Kwong)
Kurosawa's Way
(Self)
Plain Jane to the Rescue
(Self)
A Better Tomorrow
(Inspector Wu)
Love, Lone Flower
Happy Union 2
Task Force
(Police Chief)
The Founding of a Republic
(Liu Wenhui)
The King of Wuxia Part 1
(Self)
Follow the Star
(Miss Chen's Father)
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
(Ling's Husband)
Ken San
(Self)
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
(Self)
Itchy Fingers
(Triad Boss on Lorry)
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
(Self)
Cinema of Vengeance
(Self (uncredited))
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
(Self - Interviewee)
The Banquet
(Man on Stairs)
The Mandarin
Bullet in the Head
(Policeman)
From Riches to Rags
([cameo])
A Century of Light and Shadow
(Self)
Twin Dragons
(Priest)
Hand of Death
(Zhang Yi)
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
The Founding of a Republic
(National Army Officers)
Crossings: John Woo
(Self)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))
Life in 24 Frames a Second
(Self)
The King of Wuxia Part 2
(Self)
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
(Self)
Golden Horse Awards
(Self)
Bokura no Jidai
Voice
Celebrity Talk Show
(吴宇森)
Face/Off
(Director)
Mission: Impossible II
(Director)
Hard Target
(Director)
The Killer
(Director)
Laughing Times
(Writer)
A Better Tomorrow
(Screenplay)
A Better Tomorrow
(Director)
All the Invisible Children
(Director)
Bullet in the Head
(Producer)
Bullet in the Head
(Director)
Bullet in the Head
(Editor)
Red Cliff
(Screenplay)
Red Cliff
(Director)
Red Cliff
(Producer)
Hard Boiled
(Director)
Broken Arrow
(Director)
Hard Boiled
(Editor)
Bulletproof Monk
(Producer)
Windtalkers
(Director)
Windtalkers
(Producer)
The Big Hit
(Executive Producer)
Heroes Shed No Tears
(Producer)
Paycheck
(Director)
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
(Writer)
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
(Director)
Don't Cry, Nanking
(Producer)
Appleseed: Ex Machina
(Producer)
The Young Dragons
(Writer)
Dead Knot
(Director)
Dead Knot
(Writer)
The Young Dragons
(Director)
Accidentally
(Director)
The Dragon Tamers
(Director)
Money Crazy
(Director)
Hand of Death
(Director)
Hostage
(Director)
Red Cliff II
(Screenplay)
Red Cliff II
(Director)
Blackjack
(Director)
Once a Thief
(Director)
Princess Chang-Ping
(Director)
Reign of Assassins
(Producer)
Once a Thief
(Screenplay)
Once a Thief
(Director)
A Better Tomorrow II
(Writer)
A Better Tomorrow II
(Director)
Heroes Shed No Tears
(Director)
Heroes Shed No Tears
(Writer)
Just Heroes
(Director)
Blackjack
(Producer)
Happy Union 2
(Producer)
The Mandarin
(Second Unit)
Reign of Assassins
(Co-Director)
To Hell with the Devil
(Writer)
To Hell with the Devil
(Director)
The Killer
(Director)
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
(Director)
Laughing Times
(Screenplay)
Run Tiger Run
(Director)
Paycheck
(Producer)
The Crossing I
(Director)
Silent Night
(Producer)
The Time You Need a Friend
(Director)
Plain Jane to the Rescue
(Director)
From Riches to Rags
(Director)
Follow the Star
(Director)
Laughing Times
(Director)
Hello, Late Homecomers
(Director)
The Killer
(Producer)
Silent Night
(Director)
The Crossing II
(Director)
Follow the Star
(Writer)
Plain Jane to the Rescue
(Screenplay)
Super Citizen
(Producer)
Manhunt
(Director)
Red Skies
(Executive Producer)
Princess Chang-Ping
(Screenplay)
Love, Lone Flower
(Producer)
The Making of Stranglehold
(Producer)
Hard Boiled
(Story)
The Replacement Killers
(Choreographer)
The Replacement Killers
(Executive Producer)
The Boxer from Shantung
(Assistant Director)
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
(Producer)
A Better Tomorrow
(Producer)
Manhunt
(Writer)
The Killer
(Screenplay)
Fist to Fist
(Assistant Director)
Hand of Death
(Screenplay)
The Dragon Tamers
(Writer)
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
(Producer)
Run Tiger Run
(Producer)
A Better Tomorrow
(Executive Producer)
Red Cliff II
(Producer)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(Producer)
Hello, Late Homecomers
(Screenplay)
Bullet in the Head
(Writer)
From Riches to Rags
(Writer)
The Killer
(Original Film Writer)
Peace Hotel
(Executive Producer)
Money Crazy
(Screenplay)
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
(Producer)
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
(Producer)
A Better Tomorrow
(Screenplay)
Blood Brothers
(Producer)
Breaking the Waves
(Executive Producer)
X-Crucior
(Director)
Once a Thief
(Story)
Blood Brothers
(Assistant Director)
Follow the Star
(Screenplay)
The Private Eyes
(Producer)
Ghost Bustin
(Producer)
Happy Union
(Producer)
My Fair Gentleman
(Producer)
Color Me Love
(Producer)
The Water Margin
(Assistant Director)
Four Riders
(Assistant Director)
Young People
(Assistant Director)
The Idiot Assassin
(Producer)
The Devils
(Assistant Director)
The Ruthless Heart
(Story)
The Hire
(Director)
Once a Thief
(Creator)