John Woo [11401] Gender: Male Popularity: 4.0608 Birthplace: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China Birthday: 1946-09-22 Age: 78 years Movies: 48 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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. The King of Wuxia Part 2022-10-28 The King of Wuxia Part 2022-10-24 Life in 24 Frames a Sec2021-06-26 John Travolta, le mirac2017-03-19 Ken San2016-08-20 Beginning of the Great 2011-06-23 Kurosawa's Way2011-05-13 The Founding of a Repub2009-09-17 How Bruce Lee Changed t2009-05-17 Team-Up: John Woo and S2008-03-11 The Light and the Dark:2007-09-11 A Century of Light and 2005-01-01 Crossings: John Woo2004-06-20 Chop Socky: Cinema Hong2003-10-04 The Master: Chang Cheh 2003-06-04 Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xi2003-01-02 Cinema Hong Kong: Kung 2003-01-01 The Art of Action: Mart2002-06-01 Mission: Improbable2001-06-02 Kurosawa: The Last Empe1999-01-01 Jackie Chan: My Story1998-07-17 Yang ± Yin: Gender in 1998-06-04 Task Force1997-11-13 Cinema of Vengeance1994-01-01 Film ohne Fesseln - Das1993-01-01 Hard Boiled1992-04-16 Twin Dragons1992-01-15 The Banquet1991-11-30 Once a Thief1991-02-02 Rebel from China1990-10-25 Bullet in the Head1990-08-17 Sunset in Paris1989-06-14 Starry Is the Night1988-10-13 I Love Maria1988-03-10 The Thirty Million Doll1987-07-02 A Better Tomorrow1986-08-02 Love, Lone Flower1985-06-22 Happy Union 21985-01-01 Plain Jane to the Rescu1982-10-21 From Riches to Rags1980-07-10 Itchy Fingers1979-01-26 Follow the Star1978-02-04 Hand of Death1976-07-15 Young Lovers on Flying 1974-09-20 The Young Dragons1974-07-25 The Mandarin1973-06-28 Accidentally1968-01-01 Dead Knot1968-01-01