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John Woo

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.

On screen

  • The King of Wuxia Part 1
  • The King of Wuxia Part 2
  • Life in 24 Frames a Second
  • John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
  • Ken San
  • Beginning of the Great Revival
  • Kurosawa's Way
  • How Bruce Lee Changed the World
  • The Founding of a Republic
  • Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
  • The Making of Hard Boiled
  • The Making of Stranglehold
  • Crossings: John Woo
  • The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
  • Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
  • Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
  • Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
  • The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
  • The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
  • Mission: Improbable
  • Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
  • Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
  • Task Force
  • Cinema of Vengeance
  • Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
  • Hard Boiled
  • Twin Dragons
  • Once a Thief
  • The Banquet
  • Rebel from China
  • Bullet in the Head
  • Sunset in Paris
  • I Love Maria
  • Starry Is the Night
  • The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
  • A Better Tomorrow
  • Love, Lone Flower
  • Happy Union 2
  • Plain Jane to the Rescue
  • From Riches to Rags
  • Itchy Fingers
  • Follow the Star
  • Hand of Death
  • The Young Dragons
  • Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
  • The Mandarin
  • Dead Knot
  • Accidentally
  • Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki

Behind the camera

  • The Killer
  • Silent Night
  • Manhunt
  • The Crossing II
  • The Crossing I
  • A Better Tomorrow
  • Reign of Assassins
  • Red Cliff II
  • Red Cliff
  • All the Invisible Children
  • The Robinsons: Lost in Space
  • Paycheck
  • Windtalkers
  • Hostage
  • Mission: Impossible II
  • Blackjack
  • Face/Off
  • Broken Arrow
  • Once a Thief
  • Hard Target
  • Hard Boiled
  • Once a Thief
  • Bullet in the Head
  • The Killer
  • Just Heroes
  • A Better Tomorrow II
  • A Better Tomorrow
  • Run Tiger Run
  • Heroes Shed No Tears
  • The Time You Need a Friend
  • To Hell with the Devil
  • Plain Jane to the Rescue
  • Laughing Times
  • From Riches to Rags
  • Last Hurrah for Chivalry
  • Follow the Star
  • Hello, Late Homecomers
  • Money Crazy
  • Hand of Death
  • Princess Chang-Ping
  • The Dragon Tamers
  • The Young Dragons
  • Dead Knot
  • Accidentally

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