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John Woo

John Woo

Birthday: 1946-09-22 | Place of Birth: Guangzhou, China

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
2011
Beginning of the Great Revival

as    Lin Sen

2009
2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

as    Himself

2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

as    Self

2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

as    Self

2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

as    Self - Interviewee

1997
Task Force

as    Police Chief

1990
Rebel from China

as    Kwong

1986
A Better Tomorrow

as    Inspector Wu

1978
Follow the Star

as    Miss Chen's Father