John Woo
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 Co...
Also Known As
Wu Yu-Sheng, Wu Yu-Shen, Wu Yao-Shen, John Y. S. Woo, John Y. Woo
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John Woo's Movies
Hard Boiled
16 Apr 1992
A Better Tomorrow
02 Aug 1986
Twin Dragons
15 Jan 1992
Bullet in the Head
17 Aug 1990
Once a Thief
02 Feb 1991
Hand of Death
15 Jul 1976
The Founding of a Republic
17 Sept 2009
The Founding of a Republic
17 Sept 2009
Beginning of the Great Revival
23 Jun 2011
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
17 May 2009
Mission: Improbable
02 Jun 2001
I Love Maria
10 Mar 1988
The Banquet
30 Nov 1991
Kurosawa's Way
13 May 2011
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
01 Jun 2002
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
02 Jul 1987
Dead Knot
01 Jun 1969
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
04 Jun 1998
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
01 Jan 2003
From Riches to Rags
10 Jul 1980
