John Woo
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.
Known for
Hard Boiled
Mr. Woo
A Better Tomorrow
Inspector Wu
Bullet in the Head
Policeman
The Banquet
Man on Stairs
Twin Dragons
Priest
Beginning of the Great Revival
Lin Sen
The Founding of a Republic
Liu Wenhui
The Founding of a Republic
National Army Officers
Hand of Death
Zhang Yi
I Love Maria
Once a Thief
Stanley Wu
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Self
