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John Woo

John Woo Yu-sen is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. The recipient of various accolades, including a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing, as well as a Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Award and a Saturn Award, he is regarded as a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong…

Born 1946 · British Hong Kong · Active 1974–2024 · 38 films

Filmography

The Time You Need a Friend
The Young Dragons — 1974
The Dragon Tamers — 1975
Princess Chang Ping — 1975
Hand of Death — 1976 · shot by Liang Yung-Chi
Money Crazy — 1977 · shot by Jimmy Yu Chun
Follow the Star — 1978
Last Hurrah for Chivalry — 1979
Laughing Times — 1980
From Riches to Rags — 1980
To Hell with the Devil — 1981
Plain Jane to the Rescue — 1982
Run, Tiger, Run — 1984
A Better Tomorrow — 1986 · shot by Horace Wong Wing-Hang
Heroes Shed No Tears — 1986
A Better Tomorrow 2 — 1987
Just Heroes — 1989
The Killer — 1989 · shot by Peter Pau
Bullet in the Head — 1990 · shot by Ardy Lam
Once a Thief — 1991
Hard Boiled — 1992
Hard Target — 1993 · shot by Russell Carpenter
Once a Thief — 1996
Broken Arrow — 1996 · shot by Peter Levy
Face/Off — 1997 · shot by Oliver Wood
Blackjack — 1998
Mission: Impossible 2 — 2000 · shot by Jeffrey L. Kimball
Windtalkers — 2002 · shot by Jeffrey L. Kimball
Hostage — 2002 · shot by Jeffrey L. Kimball
Paycheck — 2003 · shot by Jeffrey L. Kimball
All the Invisible Children — 2006 · shot by Jim Whitaker
Red Cliff — 2008 · shot by Lü Yue
Red Cliff II — 2009
Reign of Assassins — 2010
The Crossing — 2014 · shot by Zhao Fei
Manhunt — 2018
Silent Night — 2023 · shot by Sharone Meir
The Killer — 2024 · shot by Mauro Fiore

Source

John Woo on Wikipedia

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