John Woo
Biography
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.
Top Filmography
Hard Boiled
1992 // MOVIE
A Better Tomorrow
1986 // MOVIE
Twin Dragons
1992 // MOVIE
Bullet in the Head
1990 // MOVIE
Once a Thief
1991 // MOVIE
Hand of Death
1976 // MOVIE
The Founding of a Republic
2009 // MOVIE
The Founding of a Republic
2009 // MOVIE
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011 // MOVIE
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 // MOVIE
I Love Maria
1988 // MOVIE
Mission: Improbable
2001 // MOVIE
The Banquet
1991 // MOVIE
Kurosawa's Way
2011 // MOVIE
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002 // MOVIE