John Woo
Age: N/A | From: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Wu Yu-Sheng , Wu Yu-Shen , Wu Yao-Shen , John Y. S. Woo , John Y. Woo , Ng Yue-Sum
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 133
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Silent Night
(2023) Producer
The Hire
(2001) Director
Once a Thief
(1996) Creator
Face/Off
(1997) Director
Mission: Impossible II
(2000) Director
Hard Target
(1993) Director
Broken Arrow
(1996) Director
Windtalkers
(2002) ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2017 | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| 2012 | N/A | |
| 2011 | Lin Sen | |
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Liu Wenhui | |
| National Army officers | ||
| Self | ||
| 2008 | N/A | |
| 2007 | N/A | |
| 2005 | Himself | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Self - Interviewee | |
| 2001 | John Woo | |
| 1999 | Self | |
| 1998 | (archive footage) | |
| Himself | ||
| 1997 | Police Chief | |
| 1994 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| 1993 | Himself | |
| 1992 | Mr. Woo | |
| Priest | ||
| 1991 | Man on stairs | |
| Stanley Wu | ||
| 1990 | Kwong | |
| Policeman | ||
| 1989 | N/A | |
| 1988 | Father Fan | |
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Ling's Husband | |
| 1986 | Inspector Wu | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1980 | [cameo] | |
| 1979 | Triad boss on lorry | |
| 1978 | Miss Chen's father | |
| 1976 | Zhang Yi | |
| 1974 | Man at bike reclaim centre | |
| Message deliverer | ||
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1968 | Young Man | |
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Director | |
| 2023 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2010 | Co-Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2001 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1997 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1992 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| 1989 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1987 | Director | |
| 1986 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1980 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1979 | Director | |
| 1978 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1973 | Assistant Director | |
| Assistant Director | ||
| 1972 | Assistant Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Producer | |
| 2023 | Producer | |
| 2014 | Executive Producer | |
| 2012 | Producer | |
| 2011 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2010 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2009 | Producer | |
| 2008 | Producer | |
| 2007 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 2003 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2002 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 1998 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1996 | Producer | |
| 1995 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1990 | Producer | |
| 1989 | Producer | |
| 1986 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 1985 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 1984 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Original Film Writer | |
| 2017 | Writer | |
| 2010 | Screenplay | |
| 2009 | Screenplay | |
| 2008 | Screenplay | |
| 1992 | Story | |
| 1991 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 1990 | Writer | |
| 1989 | Screenplay | |
| 1987 | Writer | |
| 1986 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1982 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 1980 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Writer | ||
| 1979 | Writer | |
| 1978 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 1977 | Screenplay | |
| 1976 | Screenplay | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1975 | Writer | |
| 1974 | Writer | |
| 1968 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Choreographer | |
| 1973 | Second Unit | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Editor | |
| 1990 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |