John Woo
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1948
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Mission impossible 2
- The Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies
- John Woo's seven brothers
- Windtalkers
- Appleseed ex machina
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Film & TV
Directing · Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (born September 22, 1946) 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,…
Known for
- The King of Wuxia Part 1 — Self2022
- The King of Wuxia Part 2 — Self2022
- 大侠胡金铨 — self2022
- Life in 24 Frames a Second — Self2021
- John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2017
- Ken San — Self2016
- Voice2012
- Beginning of the Great Revival — Lin Sen2011
- Kurosawa's Way — Self2011
- How Bruce Lee Changed the World — Self2009
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
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- 799
- Total plays
- 4,304
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
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- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,013x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,779x
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Key facts
- Born
- Wu Yu-seng , ( 1946-05-01 ) 1 May 1946 (age 80) , Guangzhou , China
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Spouse
- Anne Chun-Lung Niu ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
- Traditional chinese
- 吳 宇 森
- Simplified chinese
- 吴 宇 森
- Hanyu pinyin
- Wú Yǔsēn
- Wade giles
- Wu Yü -sen
- Ipa
- [u ̌ y ̀ sə ́ n]
- Yale romanization
- Ǹgh Yúhsām
- Jyutping
- Ng4 Jyu5-sam1
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Key dates
- Born
- 22 September 1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Wu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Hong Kong
- Place of birth
- Guangzhou
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- Mandarin
- Movement
- Hong Kong New Wave
- Image
- John Woo Cannes 2005.jpg
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John Woo Yu-sen (Chinese: 吳宇森; born 1 May 1946) 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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