John Woo
John WOO (1946, China) was born in Guangzhou and grew up in Hong Kong, where he attended the Matteo Ricci College. He acted in the Chinese Student Weekly's Theatre Company and started his career as assistant director at Shaw Brothers Studios in 1969. He made his directing debut in 1973 with The Young Dragons, the first of many Kung Fu films. He gained a cult reputation for his Hong Kong action films. In the nineties, he made the move to Hollywood.
Filmography
Tie han rou qing/The Young Dragons (1973), Nu zi tai quan qun ying hui/The Dragon Tamers (1974),Shao Lin men/Countdown to Kung Fu (1975), Dinu hua/Princess Chang Ping (1975), Fa qian han/Money Crazy (1977), Da sha xing yu xiao mei tou/Follow the Star (1977), Hao xia/Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1978), Qian zuo guai/From Riches to Rags (1979), Hua ji shi dai/Laughing Times (1981), To Hell with the Devil (1982),Ba cai Lin Ya Zhen/Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982), The Sunset Warrior (1983), Xiao jiang/The Time You Need a Friend (1984), Liang zhi lao hu/Run Tiger Run (1985), Ying xiong ben se/A Better Tomorrow (1986), Ying xiong ben se II/Better Tomorrow II (1987), Yi dan qun ying/Just Heroes (1989), Dip huet seung hung/The Killer (1989), Die xue jie tou/Bullet in the Head (1990), Zong heng si hai/Once a Thief (1991), Lat sau san taam/Hard-Boiled (1992), Hard Target (1993), Broken Arrow (1996), Once a Thief (1996, TV) , Face/Off (1997), Blackjack(1998, TV), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Windtalkers (2002), Hostage (2002, short) , Paycheck (2003) , The Robinsons: Lost in Space (2004, TV), All the Invisible Children (2005, segment Song Song and Little Cat), Chi bi /Red Cliff (2008), Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia/John Woo's Red Cliff: Part II (2009), Jianyu/Reign of Assasins (2010, co-dir)