Directing · geboren 1946-09-22 · Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

John Woo

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.

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• Mission: Impossible II (2000) – Director
• Im Körper des Feindes (1997) – Director
• Paycheck - Die Abrechnung (2003) – Director
• Operation: Broken Arrow (1996) – Director
• Windtalkers (2002) – Producer
• Harte Ziele (1993) – Director
• Bulletproof Monk - Der kugelsichere Mönch (2003) – Producer
• Hard Boiled (1992) – Mr. Woo
• Silent Night - Stumme Rache (2023) – Producer
• The Killer (1989) – Director
• Red Cliff (2008) – Director
• City Wolf (1986) – Inspector Wu
• The Killer (2024) – Director
• The Replacement Killers - Die Ersatzkiller (1998) – Choreographer
• Red Cliff II (2009) – Screenplay
• The Big Hit (1998) – Executive Producer
• Twin Dragons - Das Powerduo (1992) – Priest
• Bullet in the Head (1990) – Policeman
• City Wolf II - Abrechnung auf Raten (1987) – Director
• Dark Stone - Reign of Assassins (2010) – Producer
• Appleseed - Ex Machina (2007) – Producer
• Killer Target (1991) – Stanley Wu
• City Wolf III: Hexenkessel Saigon (1989) – Producer
• Notwehr (2017) – Director
• Warriors of the Rainbow (2011) – Producer
• Blackjack (1998) – Director
• Hand of Death (1976) – Zhang Yi
• Hostage (2002) – Director
• 賽德克‧巴萊：彩虹橋 (2011) – Producer
• Blast Heroes (1984) – Producer
• Alle Kinder dieser Welt (2006) – Director
• The Founding of a Republic (2009) – Liu Wenhui
• A Better Tomorrow 2K12 (2010) – Executive Producer
• Der letzte Kampf des Shaolin (1979) – Director
• Der Pirat von Shantung (1972) – Assistant Director
• 建党伟业 (2011) – Lin Sen
• 太平轮（上） (2014) – Director
• Never Die (1995) – Executive Producer
• Die Blutsbrüder des gelben Drachen (1973) – Assistant Director
• Mr. Boo - Erste allgemeine Verunsicherung (1976) – Producer