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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.

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Directing

1968

[ ] Accidentally (Director)

1969

[ ] Dead Knot (Director)

1972

[ ] The Boxer from Shantung (Assistant Director)
[ ] The Water Margin (Assistant Director)
[ ] Four Riders (Assistant Director)
[ ] Young People (Assistant Director)

1973

[ ] Fist to Fist (Assistant Director)
[ ] Blood Brothers (Assistant Director)
[ ] The Devils (Assistant Director)

1974

[ ] The Young Dragons (Director)

1975

[ ] The Dragon Tamers (Director)

1976

[ ] Hand of Death (Director)
[ ] Princess Chang-Ping (Director)

1977

[ ] Money Crazy (Director)

1978

[ ] Hello, Late Homecomers (Director)
[ ] Follow the Star (Director)

1979

[ ] Last Hurrah for Chivalry (Director)

1980

[ ] From Riches to Rags (Director)
[ ] Laughing Times (Director)

1982

[ ] To Hell with the Devil (Director)
[ ] Plain Jane to the Rescue (Director)

1984

[ ] Heroes Shed No Tears (Director)
[ ] The Time You Need a Friend (Director)

1985

[ ] Run Tiger Run (Director)

1986

[ ] A Better Tomorrow (Director)

1987

[ ] A Better Tomorrow II (Director)

1989

[ ] The Killer (Director)
[ ] Just Heroes (Director)

1990

[ ] Bullet in the Head (Director)

1991

[ ] Once a Thief (Director)

1992

[ W ] Hard Boiled (Director)

1993

[ ] Hard Target (Director)

1996

[ ] Broken Arrow (Director)
[ ] Once a Thief (Director)

1997

[ 3/10 ] Face/Off (Director)

1998

[ ] Blackjack (Director)

2000

[ 2/10 ] Mission: Impossible II (Director)

2002

[ ] Windtalkers (Director)
[ ] Hostage (Director)

2003

[ ] Paycheck (Director)

2004

[ ] The Robinsons: Lost in Space (Director)

2006

[ ] All the Invisible Children (Director)

2008

[ ] Red Cliff (Director)

2009

[ ] Red Cliff II (Director)

2010

[ ] Reign of Assassins (Co-Director)

2014

[ ] The Crossing I (Director)

2015

[ ] The Crossing II (Director)

2017

[ ] Manhunt (Director)

2023

[ ] Silent Night (Director)

2024

[ ] The Killer (Director)

????

[ ] X-Crucior (Director)
[ ] Gambino (Director)
[ ] The Hire (Director)

Production

1969

[ ] Dead Knot (Producer)

1976

[ ] The Private Eyes (Producer)

1981

[ ] The Idiot Assassin (Producer)

1984

[ ] Heroes Shed No Tears (Producer)
[ ] Happy Union (Producer)

1985

[ ] Happy Union 2 (Producer)
[ ] Super Citizen (Producer)
[ ] Love, Lone Flower (Producer)
[ ] Run Tiger Run (Producer)
[ ] Ghost Bustin (Producer)

1989

[ ] A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (Producer)

1990

[ ] Bullet in the Head (Producer)

1995

[ ] Don't Cry, Nanking (Producer)
[ ] Peace Hotel (Executive Producer)

1996

[ ] Somebody Up There Likes Me (Producer)

1998

[ ] The Big Hit (Executive Producer)
[ ] Blackjack (Producer)
[ ] The Replacement Killers (Executive Producer)

2002

[ ] Windtalkers (Producer)
[ ] Red Skies (Executive Producer)

2003

[ ] Bulletproof Monk (Producer)
[ ] Paycheck (Producer)

2007

[ ] Appleseed: Ex Machina (Producer)
[ ] The Making of Stranglehold (Producer)
[ ] Blood Brothers (Producer)

2008

[ ] Red Cliff (Producer)

2009

[ ] Red Cliff II (Producer)
[ ] My Fair Gentleman (Producer)

2010

[ ] Reign of Assassins (Producer)
[ ] A Better Tomorrow (Executive Producer)
[ ] Color Me Love (Producer)

2011

[ ] Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag (Producer)
[ ] Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge (Producer)

2012

[ ] Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Producer)

2014

[ ] Breaking the Waves (Executive Producer)

2023

[ ] Silent Night (Producer)

2024

[ ] The Killer (Producer)

Editing

1968

[ ] Accidentally (Editor)

1969

[ ] Dead Knot (Editor)

1990

[ ] Bullet in the Head (Editor)

1992

[ W ] Hard Boiled (Editor)

Writing

1968

[ ] Accidentally (Writer)

1969

[ ] Dead Knot (Writer)

1970

[ ] The Ruthless Heart (Story)

1974

[ ] The Young Dragons (Writer)

1975

[ ] The Dragon Tamers (Writer)

1976

[ ] Princess Chang-Ping (Screenplay)
[ ] Hand of Death (Screenplay)

1977

[ ] Money Crazy (Screenplay)

1978

[ ] Follow the Star (Writer)
[ ] Hello, Late Homecomers (Screenplay)
[ ] Follow the Star (Screenplay)

1979

[ ] Last Hurrah for Chivalry (Writer)

1980

[ ] Laughing Times (Screenplay)
[ ] From Riches to Rags (Writer)

1982

[ ] To Hell with the Devil (Writer)
[ ] Plain Jane to the Rescue (Screenplay)

1984

[ ] Heroes Shed No Tears (Writer)

1986

[ ] A Better Tomorrow (Writer)

1987

[ ] A Better Tomorrow II (Writer)

1989

[ ] The Killer (Screenplay)

1990

[ ] Bullet in the Head (Writer)

1991

[ ] Once a Thief (Screenplay)
[ ] Once a Thief (Story)

1992

[ W ] Hard Boiled (Story)

2008

[ ] Red Cliff (Screenplay)

2009

[ ] Red Cliff II (Screenplay)

2010

[ ] A Better Tomorrow (Screenplay)

2017

[ ] Manhunt (Writer)

2024

[ ] The Killer (Original Film Writer)

????

[ ] Better Tomorrow (Original Film Writer)

Crew

1973

[ ] The Mandarin (Second Unit)

1998

[ ] The Replacement Killers (Choreographer)

Actor

1968

[ ] Accidentally (Young Man)

1969

[ ] Dead Knot (Boy)

1973

[ ] The Mandarin (????)

1974

[ ] The Young Dragons (Message Deliverer)
[ ] Young Lovers on Flying Wheels (Man at Bike Reclaim Centre)

1976

[ ] Hand of Death (Zhang Yi)

1978

[ ] Follow the Star (Miss Chen's Father)

1979

[ ] Itchy Fingers (Triad Boss on Lorry)

1980

[ ] From Riches to Rags ([cameo])

1982

[ ] Plain Jane to the Rescue (Self)

1985

[ ] Love, Lone Flower (????)
[ ] Happy Union 2 (????)

1986

[ ] A Better Tomorrow (Inspector Wu)

1987

[ ] The Thirty Million Dollar Rush (Ling's Husband)

1988

[ ] I Love Maria (????)
[ ] Starry Is the Night (Father Fan)

1989

[ ] Sunset in Paris (Maggie's uncle)

1990

[ ] Rebel from China (Kwong)
[ ] Bullet in the Head (Policeman)

1991

[ ] Once a Thief (Stanley Wu)
[ ] The Banquet (Man on Stairs)

1992

[ W ] Hard Boiled (Mr. Woo)
[ ] Twin Dragons (Priest)

1993

[ ] Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino (Self)

1994

[ ] Cinema of Vengeance (Self (uncredited))

1997

[ ] Task Force (Police Chief)

1998

[ ] Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (Self)

1999

[ ] Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (Self)

2001

[ ] Mission: Improbable (John Woo)

2002

[ ] The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (Self - Interviewee)

2003

[ ] The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary (????)
[ ] Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia (Self)
[ ] Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu (Self)
[ ] Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (Self)
[ ] The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian (As himself)

2004

[ ] Crossings: John Woo (Self)

2005

[ ] A Century of Light and Shadow (Self)

2007

[ ] The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' (Self)
[ ] The Making of Hard Boiled (????)

2008

[ ] Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki (????)

2009

[ ] How Bruce Lee Changed the World (Self)
[ ] The Founding of a Republic (Liu Wenhui)
[ ] The Founding of a Republic (National Army Officers)

2011

[ ] Beginning of the Great Revival (Lin Sen)
[ ] Kurosawa's Way (Self)

2016

[ ] Ken San (Self)

2017

[ ] John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

2021

[ ] Life in 24 Frames a Second (Self)

2022

[ ] The King of Wuxia Part 1 (Self)
[ ] The King of Wuxia Part 2 (Self)