John Woo

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Directing

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.

Filmography

• Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki (2026)
• The Killer (2024)
• Silent Night (2023)
• The King of Wuxia Part 2 (2022)
• The King of Wuxia Part 1 (2022)
• Life in 24 Frames a Second (2021)
• A Better Tomorrow (2018)
• Manhunt (2017)
• John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
• Ken San (2016)
• The Crossing II (2015)
• The Crossing I (2014)
• Breaking the Waves (2014)
• Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2012)
• Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge (2011)
• Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag (2011)
• Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
• Kurosawa's Way (2011)
• Color Me Love (2010)
• A Better Tomorrow (2010)
• Reign of Assassins (2010)
• Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible (2010)
• My Fair Gentleman (2009)
• The Founding of a Republic (2009)
• How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009)
• Red Cliff II (2009)
• Red Cliff (2008)
• Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki (2008)
• Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
• The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off (2007)
• Blood Brothers (2007)
• The Making of Hard Boiled (2007)
• The Making of Stranglehold (2007)
• All the Invisible Children (2006)
• Crossings: John Woo (2004)
• The Robinsons: Lost in Space (2004)
• Paycheck (2003)
• Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2003)
• The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary (2003)
• The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian (2003)
• Bulletproof Monk (2003)
• Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia (2003)
• Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu (2003)
• Hostage (2002)
• Red Skies (2002)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (2002)
• Mission: Improbable (2001)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999)
• Blackjack (1998)
• Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)
• The Big Hit (1998)
• The Replacement Killers (1998)
• Task Force (1997)
• Face/Off (1997)
• Once a Thief (1996)
• Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Don't Cry, Nanking (1995)
• Peace Hotel (1995)
• Cinema of Vengeance (1994)
• Hard Target (1993)
• Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino (1993)
• Hard Boiled (1992)
• Twin Dragons (1992)
• The Banquet (1991)
• Once a Thief (1991)
• Rebel from China (1990)
• Bullet in the Head (1990)
• A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
• Just Heroes (1989)
• Sunset in Paris (1989)
• The Killer (1989)
• Starry Is the Night (1988)
• I Love Maria (1988)
• A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
• The Thirty Million Dollar Rush (1987)
• A Better Tomorrow (1986)
• Ghost Bustin (1985)
• Love, Lone Flower (1985)
• Super Citizen (1985)
• Run Tiger Run (1985)
• Happy Union 2 (1985)
• Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)
• The Time You Need a Friend (1984)
• Happy Union (1984)
• Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982)
• To Hell with the Devil (1982)
• The Idiot Assassin (1981)
• Laughing Times (1980)
• From Riches to Rags (1980)
• Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
• Itchy Fingers (1979)
• Hello, Late Homecomers (1978)
• Follow the Star (1978)
• Money Crazy (1977)
• The Private Eyes (1976)
• Hand of Death (1976)
• Princess Chang-Ping (1976)
• The Dragon Tamers (1975)
• Young Lovers on Flying Wheels (1974)
• The Young Dragons (1974)
• The Devils (1973)
• Fist to Fist (1973)
• The Mandarin (1973)
• Blood Brothers (1973)
• Four Riders (1972)
• Young People (1972)
• The Water Margin (1972)
• The Boxer from Shantung (1972)
• Begging (1970)
• The Ruthless Heart (1970)
• Dead Knot (1969)
• Accidentally (1968)
• X-Crucior
• Gambino
• Better Tomorrow