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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) established his reputation as a master stylist ...
Nov 19, 2023 · American John Woo movies, such as the 1997 Nicolas Cage–John Travolta body-swap actioner, “Face/Off,” tend to feature maximalist craftsmanship and over-the-top performances (not to mention ...
Once hailed by action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as "the Martin Scorsese of Asia," John Woo was a legendary action director in the Hong Kong film industry long before immigrating to Hollywood to ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Silent Night: Directed by John Woo. With Joel Kinnaman, Kid Cudi, Harold Torres, Catalina Sandino Moreno. A grieving father enacts his long-awaited revenge against a ruthless gang on Christmas Eve.
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS 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, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible ...
John Woo SBS (Cina tradisional: 吳 宇 森; lahir 1 Mei 1946) ialah seorang pembikin filem, pengarah dan pelakon Hong Kong kelahiran China. Beliau dianggap sebagai pengaruh utama kepada genre aksi, dikenali kerana urutan aksinya yang sangat kacau, imej yang digambarkan, kebencian Mexico, kegunaan kekerapan gerak perlahan kepada neo-noir, wuxia dan pawagam Barat.
Jul 3, 2023 · John Woo looks back on his decades-long career, including films like ‘Face/Off,’ ‘Hard Boiled,’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 2,’ his transition from Hong Kong to American cinema, and what ...
