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Director

John Woo

Directing

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Directed credits

45

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.8

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Directed movies: 44Directed series: 1All crew credits: 78

TMDB ID: 11401

IMDb ID: nm0000247

Known for: Directing

Born: September 22, 1946

Age: 79

Place of birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1962 - 2024

Years active: 63

Average TMDB rating: 6.46

Wikidata: Q55432

Also known as

Wu Yu-Sheng • Wu Yu-Shen • Wu Yao-Shen • John Y. S. Woo • John Y. Woo • Ng Yue-Sum • 吳宇森 • John Woo

Frequent jobs

Director (38)Assistant Director (7)Producer (21)Executive Producer (6)Screenplay (2)Creator (1)Original Film Writer (1)Second Unit (1)Writer (1)

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 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.

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Series

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Series directed by John Woo.

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