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)
Dead Knot
Accidentally
(Young Man)
The Young Dragons
(Message Deliverer)
Jackie Chan: My Story
((archive footage))
Beginning of the Great Revival
(Lin Sen)
I Love Maria
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
(Man at Bike Reclaim Centre)
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)
Happy Union 2
Love, Lone Flower
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)
Golden Horse Awards
(Self)
Bokura no Jidai
开讲啦
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
(Director)
A Better Tomorrow
(Screenplay)
All the Invisible Children
(Director)
Bullet in the Head
(Director)
Bullet in the Head
(Producer)
Bullet in the Head
(Editor)
Red Cliff
(Director)
Red Cliff
(Screenplay)
Red Cliff
(Producer)
Hard Boiled
(Director)
Hard Boiled
(Editor)
Broken Arrow
(Director)
Bulletproof Monk
(Producer)
Windtalkers
(Director)
Windtalkers
(Producer)
The Big Hit
(Executive Producer)
Heroes Shed No Tears
(Producer)
Paycheck
(Director)
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
(Director)
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
(Writer)
Don't Cry, Nanking
(Producer)
Appleseed: Ex Machina
(Producer)
Dead Knot
(Director)
Dead Knot
(Writer)
Accidentally
(Director)
The Young Dragons
(Director)
The Young Dragons
(Writer)
The Dragon Tamers
(Director)
Hand of Death
(Director)
Money Crazy
(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
(Director)
Once a Thief
(Screenplay)
A Better Tomorrow II
(Director)
A Better Tomorrow II
(Writer)
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
(Director)
To Hell with the Devil
(Writer)
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)
Hello, Late Homecomers
(Director)
Follow the Star
(Director)
From Riches to Rags
(Director)
Laughing Times
(Director)
Plain Jane to the Rescue
(Director)
The Time You Need a Friend
(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
(Executive Producer)
The Replacement Killers
(Choreographer)
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
(Executive Producer)
Red Cliff II
(Producer)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(Producer)
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
(Producer)
Run Tiger Run
(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)
The Hire
(Director)
Once a Thief
(Creator)