John Woo
Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer · China · Directors · Born 1946 · age 80
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Something wrong?John Woo Yu-sen is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre.
A life in dates
Silent NightFilm, Director, Producer2022
大侠胡金铨Series2014
The Crossing IFilm, Director2012
VoiceSeries2010
Reign of AssassinsFilm, Director, Producer2008
Red CliffFilm, Director, Writer2007
Bokura no JidaiSeries2006
Be My GuestSeries
All the Invisible ChildrenFilm, 2006Director2005
A Century of Light and ShadowSeries2002
HostageFilm, Director2001
The HireSeries, Director1998
BlackjackFilm, Director, Producer1997
Face/OffFilm, Director1996
Once a ThiefSeries, Creator1995
Peace HotelFilm, Producer1992
Hard BoiledFilm, Director, Writer1990
Bullet in the HeadFilm, Director, Writer1989
Celebrity Talk ShowSeries, 吴宇森1987
A Better Tomorrow IIFilm, Director, Writer1986Golden Horse Award for Best DirectorAward1984
Heroes Shed No TearsFilm, Director, Writer1976
Hand of DeathFilm, Director, Writer1962
Golden Horse AwardsSeries1946Born22 September 1946Also in Deutsch
Photos 2
Filmography 40
TKThe KillerSNSilent Night
MAManhuntTIThe Crossing I
WFWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
WBWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
BRBeginning of the Great RevivalRAReign of Assassins
ATA Better Tomorrow
RIRed Cliff II
TRThe Founding of a RepublicRCRed Cliff
AMAppleseed: Ex MachinaACAll the Invisible Children
PAPaycheck
BMBulletproof Monk
WIWindtalkersHOHostage
MIMission: Impossible II
TKThe Replacement Killers
THThe Big HitBLBlackjackFOFace/Off
BABroken ArrowPHPeace Hotel
HTHard TargetHBHard Boiled
TDTwin Dragons
OTOnce a Thief
TBThe BanquetBHBullet in the Head
TKThe Killer
ASA Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
JHJust HeroesAIA Better Tomorrow II
ATA Better TomorrowHTHeroes Shed No Tears
LCLast Hurrah for ChivalryHDHand of Death
TEThe Private Eyes190 credits on file
Television 9
大侠胡金铨VOVoiceBJBokura no JidaiBGBe My GuestASA Century of Light and ShadowTHThe HireOTOnce a ThiefCSCelebrity Talk ShowGAGolden Horse AwardsAwards
About this person
John Woo Yu-sen is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. The recipient of various accolades, including a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing, as well as a Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Award and a Saturn Award, he is regarded as a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to wuxia, film noir and Western cinema.
In common with John
Chow Yun-fatAlso in The Killer (1989)
Leslie CheungAlso in A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Hiroyuki IkeuchiAlso in Manhunt (2017)
Anita MuiAlso in A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
Landy WenAlso in Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge (2011)
Tony LeungAlso in Bullet in the Head (1990)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.