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John Woo

b. 1946 · 31 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. Mission: Impossible II2000Director
  2. Face/Off1997Director · Storyboard
  3. Paycheck2003Director · Producer
  4. Broken Arrow1996Director
  5. Windtalkers2002Director · Producer
  6. Hard Target1993Director
  7. Bulletproof Monk2003Producer
  8. Silent Night2023Director · Producer
  9. Hard Boiled1992as Mr. Woo · Director · Editor · Story
  10. The Killer1989Director · Screenplay
  11. Red Cliff2008Director · Producer · Screenplay
  12. A Better Tomorrow1986as Inspector Wu · Director · Writer
  13. The Killer2024Director · Original Film Writer · Producer
  14. The Replacement Killers1998Choreographer · Executive Producer
  15. Red Cliff II2009Director · Producer · Screenplay
  16. The Big Hit1998Executive Producer
  17. Twin Dragons1992as Priest
  18. Bullet in the Head1990as Policeman · Director · Editor · Producer · Writer
  19. A Better Tomorrow II1987Director · Writer
  20. Reign of Assassins2010Director · Producer
  21. Appleseed: Ex Machina2007Producer
  22. Once a Thief1991as Stanley Wu · Director · Screenplay · Story
  23. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon1989Producer
  24. Manhunt2017Director · Writer
  25. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag2011Producer
  26. Blackjack1998Director · Producer
  27. Hostage2002Director
  28. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge2011Producer
  29. Hand of Death1976as Zhang Yi · Director · Screenplay
  30. The Hire2001Director
  31. Kurosawa's Way2011as Self