John Woo
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 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.
Filmography
The King of Wuxia Part 2
The King of Wuxia Part 1
Life in 24 Frames a Second
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Ken San
Beginning of the Great Revival
Kurosawa's Way
The Founding of a Republic
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
The Making of Hard Boiled
The Making of Stranglehold
A Century of Light and Shadow
Crossings: John Woo
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Mission: Improbable
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
