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John Woo

John Woo

John Woo

  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1946-09-22
  • Place of Birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
  • Also Known As: Wu Yu-Sheng, Wu Yu-Shen, Wu Yao-Shen, John Y. S. Woo, John Y. Woo, Ng Yue-Sum

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.

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John Woo Movies

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Hard Boiled

  • 7.6
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Mission: Improbable

  • 7.952
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How Bruce Lee Changed the World

  • 0
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Dead Knot

  • 4.2
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Accidentally

  • 6.7
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The Young Dragons

  • 6.2
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Jackie Chan: My Story

  • 4.6
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Beginning of the Great Revival

  • 6.2
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I Love Maria

  • 5
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Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

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The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

  • 6.718
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Once a Thief

  • 5.5
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

  • 5.4
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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

  • 6
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Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

  • 7
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Sunset in Paris

  • 6
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Starry Is the Night

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Rebel from China

  • 5.4
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Kurosawa's Way

  • 5
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Plain Jane to the Rescue

  • 7.433
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A Better Tomorrow

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Love, Lone Flower

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Happy Union 2

  • 7
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Task Force

  • 5.3
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The Founding of a Republic

  • 8.7
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The King of Wuxia Part 1

  • 10
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Follow the Star

  • 6.9
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The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

  • 6
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Ken San

  • 6.8
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Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

  • 6.3
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Itchy Fingers

  • 7.3
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Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

  • 5.4
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Cinema of Vengeance

  • 5.7
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The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

  • 5.5
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The Banquet

  • 7
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The Mandarin

  • 7.6
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Bullet in the Head

  • 4
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From Riches to Rags

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A Century of Light and Shadow

  • 6.7
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Twin Dragons

  • 5.907
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Hand of Death

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Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

  • 5.3
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The Founding of a Republic

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Crossings: John Woo

  • 7.3
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John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

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Life in 24 Frames a Second

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The King of Wuxia Part 2

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