As Director
The Killer
2024
6.3
John Woo
Acting
Birth date
September 22, 1946
Birth place
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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.
Featured in
As Director
Silent Night
2023
6.2
As Actor
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
8.7
As Director
The Crossing II
2015
5.4
As Director
The Crossing I
2014
5.6
As Actor
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
4.5
As Writer
A Better Tomorrow
2010
6.1
As Actor
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
8.0
As Director, As Writer
Red Cliff II
2009
7.3
As Director, As Writer
Red Cliff
2008
7.1
As Director
All the Invisible Children
2005
7.0
As Director
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
2004
5.2
As Director
Paycheck
2003
6.2
As Actor
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
6.0
As Actor
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
6.8
As Director
Hostage
2002
6.5
As Director
Windtalkers
2002
6.3
As Actor
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
5.7
As Actor
Mission: Improbable
2001
7.5
As Director
Mission: Impossible II
2000
6.1