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John Woo

John Woo

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

IMDb

27 titles in this catalog, 25 of them scored with a median Balasaur Score of 65. The 1980s rate best: median 69 across 5 titles. John Woo appears most often alongside Chow Yun-Fat (5 titles), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (4), Leslie Cheung (3).

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.

Acting 56

Directing 51

Production 36

Writing 29

Editing 4

Crew 3

Creator 1