As Director
Blackjack
1998
5.3
John Woo
Acting
Born
September 22, 1946
Place of Birth
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
5.4
As Director
Face/Off
1997
7.0
As Director
Once a Thief
1996
4.6
As Director
Broken Arrow
1996
6.1
As Actor
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
5.4
As Director
Hard Target
1993
6.5
As Actor
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993
7.3
As Director
Hard Boiled
1992
7.5
As Director, As Writer
Once a Thief
1991
6.8
As Director, As Writer
Bullet in the Head
1990
7.6
As Director
Just Heroes
1989
6.6
As Actor
Sunset in Paris
1989
7.0
As Director, As Writer
The Killer
1989
7.6
As Actor
Starry Is the Night
1988
6.0
As Actor
I Love Maria
1988
6.2
As Director, As Writer
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
7.1
As Actor
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
6.9
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
A Better Tomorrow
1986
7.4
As Director
Run Tiger Run
1985
9.2