Personal Info
Wu Yu-Sheng
Wu Yu-Shen
Wu Yao-Shen
John Y. S. Woo
John Y. Woo
John Woo
Directing
Biography
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 dire…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The King of Wuxia Part 2
as Self
The King of Wuxia Part 1
as Self
Life in 24 Frames a Second
as Self
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ken San
as Self
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Lin Sen
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
The Founding of a Republic
as National Army Officers
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
as Self
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
