Biography
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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Awards & recognition
- Golden Horse Award — Best Director · 1986
- Bronze Bauhinia Star
- Hong Kong Film Award — Best Director
- Silver Bauhinia Star
Filmography38 titles
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II
Bullet in the Head
The Killer
Hard Boiled
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I
Red Cliff II
A Better Tomorrow
Red Cliff
Face/Off
A Better Tomorrow II
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Reign of Assassins
Once a Thief
The Water Margin
The Boxer from Shantung
Twin Dragons
Fist to Fist
Hard Target
Heroes Shed No Tears
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
I Love Maria
Dynasty of Blood
The Killer
Windtalkers
The Replacement Killers
Paycheck
Cinema of Vengeance
Silent Night
Mission: Impossible II
Broken Arrow
Four Riders
A Better Tomorrow
The Big Hit
Dead Knot
Peace Hotel
Manhunt
Bulletproof Monk
Laughing Times