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- John Woo Yu-sen SBS (Chinese: 吳 宇 森; born 22 September 1946) is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre.
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The name of John Woo, the talented Hong Kong-school director of the hit Face/Off, is plastered around The Big Hit. But this bait should not deter the eye from the switch: Woo is an executive producer. The director of The Big Hit is Che-Kirk Wong, another Hong Kong veteran, making his North American debut.
John Woo Yu-sen SBS (Chinese: 吳 宇 森; born 22 September 1946) [1] is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. [2]
Sep 14, 2023 · By the start of the 1990s, Hong Kong filmmakers had started to make inroads in Hollywood, independently of Tarantino’s support. Director John Woo and producer Terence Chang orchestrated Woo’s entry into the American film industry.
Dec 1, 2023 · In a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone, Woo opened up about his 20-year gap between Hollywood movies, working with Tom Cruise and Nicolas Cage, and rising from the slums of China to...
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John Woo. Director: A Better Tomorrow. Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before A Better Tomorrow (1986 ...
- September 22, 1946
John Woo. Director: A Better Tomorrow. Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios.
Sep 27, 2024 · John Woo, Chinese film director noted for action movies that combine copious stylized violence with lyrical melodramatic depictions of male bonding. He is best known for the films A Better Tomorrow (1986), Hard Boiled (1992), Broken Arrow (1996), and Face/Off (1997).
