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John Woo

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.

Known For

Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism

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Enys Men

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See How They Run

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Last Man Down

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Rebel in the Rye

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Paranoia

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Dead Man Down

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Safe

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Chocolat

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The Little Vampire

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Hard Boiled

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Twin Dragons

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Bullet in the Head

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A Better Tomorrow

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Cinderella

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