John Woo

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John Woo YuSen SBS is a Hong Kong film director and producer Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences Mexican standoffs and use of slowmotion 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 FaceOff 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 Leans Lawrence of Arabia Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai and JeanPierre Melvilles Le Samouraï

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D.O.B: 1946-09-22
Place of Birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Profession: director

Credits

2023 - Silent Night director -

2022 - The King of Wuxia actor - Self

2017 - ManHunt director -

2015 - The Crossing II director -

2014 - The Crossing director -

2009 - Red Cliff Part II director -

2009 - How Bruce Lee Changed the World actor - Self

2008 - Red Cliff director -

2003 - Paycheck director -

2002 - Windtalkers director -

2000 - Mission: Impossible II director -

1998 - Blackjack director -

1997 - Face/Off director -

1996 - Broken Arrow director -

1996 - Once a Thief director -

1994 - Cinema of Vengeance actor - Himself (uncredited)

1993 - Hard Target director -

1992 - Hard Boiled director -

1991 - Once a Thief director -

1990 - Bullet in the Head director -

1989 - Just Heroes director -

1989 - The Killer director -

1988 - I Love Maria actor -

1987 - The Thirty Million Dollar Rush actor - Ling's Husband

1987 - A Better Tomorrow II director -

1986 - A Better Tomorrow director -

1984 - Heroes Shed No Tears director -

1982 - Plain Jane to the Rescue director -

1976 - Hand of Death director -