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 action cinema. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to wuxia, film noir and Western cinema.
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Bullet in the Head
director
1990
Just Heroes
director
1989
Sunset in Paris
actor
1989
The Killer
director
1989
The Killer
writer
1989
Starry Is the Night
actor
1988
I Love Maria
actor
1988
A Better Tomorrow II
director
1987
A Better Tomorrow II
writer
1987
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
actor
1987
A Better Tomorrow
writer
1986
A Better Tomorrow
actor
1986
A Better Tomorrow
director
1986
Love, Lone Flower
actor
1985
Run Tiger Run
director
1985
Heroes Shed No Tears
director
1984
Heroes Shed No Tears
writer
1984
The Time You Need a Friend
director
1984
Plain Jane to the Rescue
director
1982
Plain Jane to the Rescue
actor
1982
Plain Jane to the Rescue
writer
1982
To Hell with the Devil
director
1982
To Hell with the Devil
writer
1982
Laughing Times
writer
1980
Laughing Times
director
1980
From Riches to Rags
writer
1980
From Riches to Rags
actor
1980
From Riches to Rags
director
1980
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
director
1979
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
writer
1979
Itchy Fingers
actor
1979
Follow the Star
actor
1978
Follow the Star
writer
1978
Follow the Star
director
1978
Money Crazy
director
1977
Money Crazy
writer
1977
Hand of Death
writer
1976
Hand of Death
director
1976
Hand of Death
actor
1976
Princess Chang-Ping
director
1976
Princess Chang-Ping
writer
1976
The Dragon Tamers
director
1975
The Dragon Tamers
writer
1975
The Young Dragons
writer
1974
The Young Dragons
director
1974
Dead Knot
actor
1969
Dead Knot
writer
1969
Dead Knot
director
1969