John Woo

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.

Known For

Voice

Golden Horse Awards

Self

Celebrity Talk Show

吴宇森

Twin Dragons

Priest

Hard Boiled

Mr. Woo

Jackie Chan: My Story

(archive footage)

A Better Tomorrow

Inspector Wu

Bullet in the Head

Policeman

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	The King of Wuxia Part 1	Self
2022	The King of Wuxia Part 2	Self
2021	Life in 24 Frames a Second	Self
2017	John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016	Ken San	Self
2011	Beginning of the Great Revival	Lin Sen
2011	Kurosawa's Way	Self
2009	How Bruce Lee Changed the World	Self
2009	The Founding of a Republic	Liu Wenhui
2009	The Founding of a Republic	National Army Officers
2008	Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2007	The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'	Self
2005	A Century of Light and Shadow	Self
2004	Crossings: John Woo	Self
2003	The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia	Self
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu	Self
2003	Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong	Self
2002	The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies	Self - Interviewee
2001	Mission: Improbable	John Woo
1999	Kurosawa: The Last Emperor	Self
1998	Jackie Chan: My Story	(archive footage)
1998	Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema	Self
1997	Task Force	Police Chief
1994	Cinema of Vengeance	Self (uncredited)
1993	Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino	Self
1992	Hard Boiled	Mr. Woo
1992	Twin Dragons	Priest
1991	Once a Thief	Stanley Wu
1991	The Banquet	Man on Stairs
1990	Rebel from China	Kwong
1990	Bullet in the Head	Policeman
1989	Sunset in Paris
1988	I Love Maria
1988	Starry Is the Night	Father Fan
1987	The Thirty Million Dollar Rush	Ling's Husband
1986	A Better Tomorrow	Inspector Wu
1985	Love, Lone Flower
1985	Happy Union 2
1982	Plain Jane to the Rescue	Self
1980	From Riches to Rags	[cameo]
1979	Itchy Fingers	Triad Boss on Lorry
1978	Follow the Star	Miss Chen's Father
1976	Hand of Death	Zhang Yi
1974	The Young Dragons	Message Deliverer
1974	Young Lovers on Flying Wheels	Man at Bike Reclaim Centre
1973	The Mandarin
1968	Dead Knot
1968	Accidentally	Young Man

Year	TV Show	Role
2012	Voice
2007	Bokura no Jidai
1989	Celebrity Talk Show	吴宇森
1962	Golden Horse Awards	Self