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Profile Bio: Who is John Woo?

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 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.

What is johnwoo real name?
johnwoo real name is John Woo
When is John Woo birthday?
John Woo was born on September 22, 1946.
How old is John Woo?
John Woo is currently 78 years old.
How tall is John Woo?
John Woo is 5′ 4½″ (1.64 m) tall.

What Zodiac sign is John Woo?
John Woo zodiac sign is Virgo.
Where is John Woo from?
John Woo was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
What is John Woo nationality?
John Woo is originally from China.

Interesting Trivia: Did you know?

He uses doves as a symbolic device. They represent the character's soul as being saved. When trying to convince Universal to get him to direct Hard Target (1993), Jean-Claude Van Damme championed Woo as "the Martin Scorsese of Asia". He is the first Asian director ever to make a mainstream Hollywood film (Hard Target (1993)).