John Woo

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.

Cast

Mission: Improbable

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

The Young Dragons

Message Deliverer

Beginning of the Great Revival

Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

Man at Bike Reclaim Centre

The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

Sunset in Paris

Starry Is the Night

Rebel from China

Plain Jane to the Rescue

A Better Tomorrow

Love, Lone Flower

The Founding of a Republic

Liu Wenhui, National Army Officers

The King of Wuxia Part 1

Follow the Star

Miss Chen's Father

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

Triad Boss on Lorry

Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

Cinema of Vengeance

Self (uncredited)

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Self - Interviewee

Bullet in the Head

From Riches to Rags

A Century of Light and Shadow

Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

Crossings: John Woo

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Life in 24 Frames a Second

The King of Wuxia Part 2

Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

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

The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

Crew

Mission: Impossible II

Director, Screenplay

Writer, Screenplay, Director

A Better Tomorrow

Director, Writer

All the Invisible Children

Bullet in the Head

Director, Producer, Editor, Writer

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Director, Editor, Story

Bulletproof Monk

Director, Producer

Executive Producer

Heroes Shed No Tears

Producer, Director, Writer

Director, Producer

Last Hurrah for Chivalry

Director, Writer

Don't Cry, Nanking

Appleseed: Ex Machina

Writer, Producer, Director

The Young Dragons

Director, Writer

The Dragon Tamers

Director, Writer

Director, Screenplay

Director, Screenplay

Screenplay, Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Princess Chang-Ping

Director, Screenplay

Reign of Assassins

Producer, Co-Director

Director, Screenplay, Story

A Better Tomorrow II

Director, Writer

To Hell with the Devil

Director, Writer

Director, Producer, Original Film Writer

The Robinsons: Lost in Space

Director, Producer

Producer, Director

Hello, Late Homecomers

Director, Screenplay

Follow the Star

Director, Writer, Screenplay

From Riches to Rags

Director, Writer

Plain Jane to the Rescue

Director, Screenplay

The Time You Need a Friend

The Crossing II

Director, Writer

Executive Producer

Love, Lone Flower

The Making of Stranglehold

The Replacement Killers

Executive Producer, Choreographer

The Boxer from Shantung

Assistant Director

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Assistant Director

A Better Tomorrow

Executive Producer, Screenplay

Somebody Up There Likes Me

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

Executive Producer

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge

Breaking the Waves

Executive Producer

Assistant Director

The Private Eyes

My Fair Gentleman

The Water Margin

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

The Idiot Assassin

Assistant Director

The Ruthless Heart

Better Tomorrow

Original Film Writer