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.
Acting
Movie
Hard Boiled
as Mr. Woo
1992
Movie
A Better Tomorrow
as Inspector Wu
1986
Movie
Twin Dragons
as Priest
1992
Movie
Bullet in the Head
as Policeman
1990
Movie
Once a Thief
as Stanley Wu
1991
Movie
Hand of Death
as Zhang Yi
1976
Movie
The Founding of a Republic
as Liu Wenhui
2009
Movie
The Founding of a Republic
as National Army Officers
2009
Movie
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Lin Sen
2011
Movie
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
as Self
2009
Movie
Mission: Improbable
as John Woo
2001
Movie
I Love Maria
1988
Movie
The Banquet
as Man on Stairs
1991
Movie
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
2011
Movie
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Interviewee
2002
Movie
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
as Ling's Husband
1987
Movie
Dead Knot
as Boy
1969
Movie
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
1998
Movie
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
as Self
2003
Movie
From Riches to Rags
as [cameo]
1980
Movie
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Self
1999
Movie
Plain Jane to the Rescue
as Self
1982
Movie
Cinema of Vengeance
as Self (uncredited)
1994
Movie
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Crew
Movie
Mission: Impossible II
Director
2000
Movie
Face/Off
Director
1997
Movie
Paycheck
Director
2003
Movie
Broken Arrow
Director
1996
Movie
Windtalkers
Director
2002
Movie
Hard Target
Director
1993
Movie
Bulletproof Monk
Producer
2003
Movie
Silent Night
Producer
2023
Movie
Hard Boiled
Director
1992
Movie
The Killer
Director
1989
Movie
Red Cliff
Screenplay
2008
Movie
A Better Tomorrow
Director
1986