John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (Chinese: 吳宇森; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema, before working in Hollywood films. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to wuxia, film noir and Western cinema. Considered one of the major figures of Hong Kong cinema, Woo has directed several notable action films including A Better Tomorrow (1986), The Killer (1989), Hard Boiled (1992) and Red Cliff (2008/2009). His Hollywood films include Hard Target (1993), Broken Arrow (1996), Face/Off (1997) and Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published b...
Filmography
Titles and credit roles
Director credits
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The Killer
Silent Night
Manhunt
The Crossing II
The Crossing I
Reign of Assassins
Red Cliff II
Red Cliff
All the Invisible Children
Paycheck
Hostage
Windtalkers
The Hire
Mission: Impossible II
Blackjack
Face/Off
Broken Arrow
Hard Target
Hard Boiled
Once a Thief
Bullet in the Head
Just Heroes
The Killer
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow
The Time You Need a Friend
Heroes Shed No Tears
Run Tiger, Run
Plain Jane to the Rescue
To Hell with the Devil
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
Actor credits
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The King of Wuxia Part 1
The 4th Beijing International Film Festival
第50届金马奖颁奖典礼 第50屆金馬獎頒獎典禮
第50届金马奖颁奖典礼
Beginning of the Great Revival
Kurosawa's Way- MIMission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
The Making of Red Cliff: The Long Road
溢彩流光- THThe Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
The Making of Hard Boiled
Crossings: John Woo
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
A Tribute to King Hu
Cinema of Vengeance
The 11th Hong Kong Film Awards
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
The 9th Hong Kong Film Awards
Rebel from China
Starry Is the Night
I Love Maria
The Mandarin
Other credits
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Color Me Love
A Better Tomorrow
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Blood Brothers
Bulletproof Monk
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
The Private Eyes