John Woo

About John Woo

Broken Arrow and Mission: Impossible II director of high-intensity flicks.

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. He is considered a major influence on the action genre, known for his highly chaotic action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to neo-noir, wuxia and Western cinema. He was also a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema, before working in Hollywood films. Considered one of the major figures of Hong Kong cinema, Woo has directed several notable action films in his adopted home, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled, and Red Cliff. He is a winner of the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Picture, as well as a Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Award, and a Saturn Award. Woo's Hollywood films include the action films Hard Target and Broken Arrow, the sci-fi action thriller Face/Off and the action spy film Mission: Impossible 2.

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Trivia

He was a fan of Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa.

John Woo before fame

Concordia Lutheran School was his alma mater.

Achievement of John Woo

Akira Kurosawa, a Japanese film director, was a favorite of his.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$60 Million

John Woo family life

With Annie Woo Ngau Chun-lung, he has three children.

Associations of John Woo

Face/Off, starring John Travolta, was directed by him.

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