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.
Filmography (20)
The Killer
Silent Night
Red Cliff
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Paycheck
Bulletproof Monk
Windtalkers
Mission: Impossible II
The Big Hit
The Replacement Killers
Face/Off
Broken Arrow
Hard Target
Hard Boiled
Once a Thief
Bullet in the Head
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
The Killer
A Better Tomorrow II
