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		John Woo

Other names :	吴宇森 Ng Yue Sam John Y. S. Woo John Wu Yu Sen Wu Yao Shen Wu Yu Sen Wu Yu Shen Wu Yu Sheng Wu2 Yu3 Sen1

Birthdate :	1/5/1946
Nationality :	China
Workplace :	Hong Kong, USA
Activities :	Director (38), Assistant Director (9), Producer (18), Executive producer (5), Writer (22), Art director (1), Editor (2), Actor (13), Brief appearance (8), Original Story (2), Planning (1), Presenter (1), Production Manager (3)

	Biography
Born in canton in 1946, John Woo left the country with his family in 1951 to settle in HK. At 9 years, whereas his parents are in misery, John started to study thanks to American catholic families. Very quickly, he discovered the cinema and started to direct 8mm movies : Accidentally, Fast Knot, Cruel The One. At 23 years old, John Woo became assistant of production for the Studios of Cathay. Two years later, in 1971, he joined the most significant company of production of Hong Kong, directed by the Shaw Brothers, and became the personal assistant of one of the greatest action director, Chang Cheh (Revenge, Blood Brothers). Again two years later, he directed his first movie The Young Dragons. Impressed by this movie, the boss of the Golden Harvest make him sign a contract. So he made several martial arts movies like Countdown in Kung Fu. In 1983, he joined the Workshop, in which Tsui Hark allowed him to direct his own movie A better Tomorrow. A sequel would follow a few years later, and also The Killer, Once a Thief. John Woo left HK in 1992 to Los Angeles where he directed Hard Target with Jean-Claude Van Damme, then Brokken Arrow. His first success is Face/Off with John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. Now after M:i-2, he has directed Wintalkers, a movie about the Navajos Indians in charge of the transmissions within the American army during the WW2. In addition to his career of director and producer, he is also actor in some of his movies and others like Rebel From China (90) where he has the first role.
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Filmography

[ 2010 - 2000 - 1990 - 1980 - 1970 ]

Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year

Title ( HK - All )		Year	Activity

	Breaking The Waves	2014	Producer
	Crossing, The	2014	Director, Producer
	Founding Of The Party	2011	Actor
	Seediq Bale	2011	Producer
	Reign Of Assassins	2010	Director, Producer
	Founding Of A Republic, The	2009	Actor
	My Fair Gentleman	2009	Producer
	Red Cliff - Part 2	2009	Director, Executive producer
	Red Cliff - Part 1	2008	Director, Executive producer
	Blood Brothers	2007	Producer, Original Story
	Stranglehold	2007	Producer, Writer, Art director, Presenter
	All the Invisible Children	2005	Director
	Bulletproof Monk	2003	Producer
	Paycheck	2003	Director
	Hire : Hostage, The	2002	Director
	Red Skies	2002	Executive producer
	Windtalkers	2002	Director, Producer
	Mission : Impossible II	2000	Director
	Big Hit, The	1998	Executive producer
	Blackjack	1998	Director
	Jackie Chan : My Story	1998	Actor
	Longest Nite, The	1998	Writer
	Nike : Airport 98'	1998	Director
	Replacement Killers, The	1998	Executive producer
	Face Off	1997	Director
	Task Force	1997	Producer, Brief appearance
	Broken Arrow	1996	Director
	Once A Thief	1996	Director
	Somebody Up There Likes Me	1996	Producer
	Yang ± Ying : Gender In Chinese Cinema	1996	Actor
	Don't Cry, Nanking	1995	Producer
	Peace Hotel	1995	Producer
	Hard Target	1993	Director
	Hard Boiled	1992	Director, Writer, Editor, Actor, Original Story
	Twin Dragons, The	1992	Brief appearance
	Banquet, The	1991	Brief appearance
	Once A Thief	1991	Director, Writer
	Bullet In The Head	1990	Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Brief appearance
	Rebel From China	1990	Actor
	Just Heroes	1989	Director
	Killer, The	1989	Director, Writer, Brief appearance
	I Love Maria	1988	Brief appearance
	Starry Is The Night	1988	Actor
	Better Tomorrow II, A	1987	Director, Writer
	Better Tomorrow, A	1986	Director, Writer, Actor
	Super Citizen	1986	Producer
	Thirty Million Dollar Rush, The	1986	Brief appearance
	Time You Need A Friend, The	1985	Director, Writer
	Run Tiger Run	1984	Director, Producer
	Ghost Bustin'	1983	Producer
	Heroes Shed No Tears	1983	Director, Writer
	Plain Jane To The Rescue	1982	Director, Writer, Brief appearance
	To Hell With The Devil	1982	Director, Writer
	Laughing Times	1981	Director, Writer
	From Riches To Rags	1979	Director, Writer, Actor
	Itchy Fingers	1979	Actor
	Contract, The	1978	Production Manager
	Follow The Star	1978	Director, Writer
	Hello, Late Homecomers	1978	Director, Writer
	Last Hurrah For Chivalry	1977	Director, Producer, Writer
	Money Crazy	1977	Director, Writer
	Hand Of Death	1976	Director, Writer, Actor
	Princess Chang Ping	1976	Director, Writer
	Private Eyes, The	1976	Director, Planning, Production Manager
	Dragon Tamers	1975	Director, Writer
	Young Dragons, The	1975	Director, Writer, Actor
	Games Gamblers Play	1974	Assistant Director, Production Manager
	Blood Brothers, The	1973	Assistant Director
	Fist To Fist	1973	Assistant Director
	Mandarin, The	1973	Assistant Director, Actor
	Boxer From Shantung, The	1972	Assistant Director
	Casino, The	1972	Assistant Director
	Four Riders	1972	Assistant Director
	Water Margin, The	1972	Assistant Director
	Young People	1972	Assistant Director