
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.

Golden Horse Awards
TV • 1962

Voice
TV • 2012

Be My Guest
TV • 2006

Celebrity Talk Show
TV • 1989

Hard Boiled
MOVIE • 1992

A Better Tomorrow
MOVIE • 1986

The Banquet
MOVIE • 1991

Twin Dragons
MOVIE • 1992

Bullet in the Head
MOVIE • 1990

The Founding of a Republic
MOVIE • 2009

The Founding of a Republic
MOVIE • 2009

Beginning of the Great Revival
MOVIE • 2011

Hand of Death
MOVIE • 1976

Bokura no Jidai
TV • 2007

Once a Thief
MOVIE • 1991

Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
MOVIE • 2003

The Young Dragons
MOVIE • 1974

I Love Maria
MOVIE • 1988