John Woo
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
- Voice (2012)
- Golden Horse Awards (1962)
- Be My Guest (2006)
- Celebrity Talk Show (1989)
- A Better Tomorrow (1986)
- Hard Boiled (1992)
- Once a Thief (1991)
- Twin Dragons (1992)
- Bullet in the Head (1990)
- The Founding of a Republic (2009)
- The Founding of a Republic (2009)
- The Banquet (1991)
- A Century of Light and Shadow (2005)
- Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
- Hand of Death (1976)
- I Love Maria (1988)
- The Test of Time: The Genesis of Hard Boiled (2002)
- Bokura no Jidai (2007)
- 大侠胡金铨 (2022)
- The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (2002)