John Woo
Age: 80
- Movies:
- 29
- First appearance:
- 1968
- Latest appearance:
- 2011
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.
Most frequent collaborators
John Woo has shared the screen with many actors over the years. Discover the performers he has made the most movies with.
Chow Yun-Fat6 movies together
Tony Leung Chiu-wai5 movies together
Andy Lau4 movies together
David Wu4 movies together
Chiang Nan3 movies together
Eric Tsang Chi-wai3 movies together
Fung Hak-on3 movies together
Jackie Chan3 movies together
John Shum Kin-Fun3 movies together
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing3 movies together
Ti Lung3 movies together
Tsui Hark3 movies together
Most frequent movie genres
The genres John Woo has worked in most, counted across the whole filmography. Click a genre to see the matching movies.
