John Woo

John Woo

Birthday: 1946-09-22

Place of birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Also known as: Wu Yu-Sheng, Wu Yu-Shen, Wu Yao-Shen, John Y. S. Woo, John Y. Woo, Ng Yue-Sum, 吳宇森

imdb_id: nm0000247

Biography:

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS 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.

Played in movies:

Follow the Star

Score: 10.0

The King of Wuxia Part 1

Score: 8.7

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

Score: 8.0

Bullet in the Head

Score: 7.6

Hard Boiled

Score: 7.5

Mission: Improbable

Score: 7.5

A Better Tomorrow

Score: 7.4

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Score: 7.3

Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

Score: 7.3

The Mandarin

Score: 7.0

Task Force

Score: 7.0

Sunset in Paris

Score: 7.0

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

Score: 6.9

Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

Score: 6.8

Once a Thief

Score: 6.8

Twin Dragons

Score: 6.7

The Young Dragons

Score: 6.7

Itchy Fingers

Score: 6.3

I Love Maria

Score: 6.2

Hand of Death

Score: 6.0

Ken San

Score: 6.0

Starry Is the Night

Score: 6.0

Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

Score: 6.0

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Score: 5.7

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

Score: 5.5

Cinema of Vengeance

Score: 5.4

Kurosawa's Way

Score: 5.4

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Score: 5.4

The Banquet

Score: 5.2

The Founding of a Republic

Score: 5.2

The Founding of a Republic

Score: 5.2

Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

Score: 5.0

Plain Jane to the Rescue

Score: 4.8

Beginning of the Great Revival

Score: 4.5

Accidentally

Score: 4.4

From Riches to Rags

Score: 4.0

Dead Knot

Score: 4.0

The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

Score: 0.0

The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

Score: 0.0

Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

Score: 0.0

The King of Wuxia Part 2

Score: 0.0

Life in 24 Frames a Second

Score: 0.0

Crossings: John Woo

Score: 0.0

Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

Score: 0.0

A Century of Light and Shadow

Score: 0.0

Love, Lone Flower

Score: 0.0

Happy Union 2

Score: 0.0

Rebel from China

Score: 0.0

The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Celebrity Talk Show

Score: 9.0

Voice

Score: 0.0

Bokura no Jidai

Score: 0.0

Golden Horse Awards

Score: 0.0