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John Woo

Highest Rated:: 100% The Killer (Dip huet seung hung) (1989)
Lowest Rated:: 22% Bulletproof Monk (2003)

Birthday:: Sep 23, 1946
Birthplace:: Guangzhou, China
Bio:: The first Asian filmmaker to helm a major Hollywood feature, John Woo initially emerged as the leading light of the Hong Kong action renaissance of the late '80s. Celebrated for his unique, much-imitated style -- a Molotov cocktail of graceful slow-motion sequences, staccato edits, freeze-frames,…

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Highest Rated Movies

Bullet in the Head (Die xue jie tou)
100%
The Killer (Dip huet seung hung)
100%
Le Cercle Rouge
95%
Face/Off
94%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 22% - 100%

Number of Movies: 45

Box Office Since 2001: $118.0M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2011	25%	The Beginning of a Great Revival	Lin Sen	$0.2M
2011		Red Cliff Part II (Chi Bi 2)	Director	--
2010	76%	Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields	Actor	$68.1k
2010	93%	A Better Tomorrow	Inspector Director	--
2010		Jianyu (Reign of Assassins)	Producer	--
2009		How Bruce Lee Changed the World	Actor	--
2008	89%	Red Cliff (Chi Bi)	Screenwriter Director Producer	$0.5M
2006		Spy Hunter	Director	--
2006		All the Invisible Children	Director	--
2005		Land of Destiny	Director	--
2004		Killer Elite	Producer	--
2004		Chop Socky - Cinema Hong Kong	Actor	--
2003	22%	Bulletproof Monk	Producer	$23.0M
2003	27%	Paycheck	Director Producer	$53.7M
2002	33%	Windtalkers	Director	$40.5M
2000	57%	Mission Impossible 2	Director	--
2000		Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2'	Actor	--
1998		Hostage (The Hire: Hostage)	Director	--
1998		Blackjack	Director	--
1998		Jackie Chan: My Story	Actor	--
1997		Follow the Star	Director	--
1997	94%	Face/Off	Director	--
1996		Yang � Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (Yang & Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema)	Actor	--
1996		Once a Thief (John Woo's Once a Thief) (John Woo's Violent Tradition)	Director Screenwriter	--
1996	53%	Broken Arrow	Director	--
1993	50%	Hard Target	Director	--
1992	94%	Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled)	Director Mr. Woo (night club owner)	--
1992	45%	Twin Dragons (Shuang long hui) (Brother vs. Brother)	Priest	--
1991	60%	Zong heng si hai (Once a Thief)	Director Screenwriter	--
1990	100%	Bullet in the Head (Die xue jie tou)	Director	--
1990		Rebel From China (Yong chuang tian xia)	Actor	--
1989	100%	The Killer (Dip huet seung hung)	Director	--
1989		Yi dan qun ying (Just Heroes) (Tragic Heroes)	Director	--
1988	83%	A Better Tomorrow II	Director	--
1986		Ying xiong wu lei (Heroes Shed No Tears) (The Sunset Warrior)	Director	--
1985		Liang zhi lao hu (Run Tiger Run)	Director	--
1984		Time You Need a Friend	Director	--
1982		Plain Jane to the Rescue	Director	--
1982		To Hell With the Devil	Director	--
1981		Laughing Times	Director	--
1979		Money Talk	Director	--
1978		Last Hurrah for Chivalry	Director	--
1977		Money Crazy	Director	--
1976		Countdown to Kung Fu (Shao Lin men) (Hand of Death) (Strike of Death)	Director	--
1970	95%	Le Cercle Rouge	Producer	--

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John Woo is a notorious film maker who portrayed his unique style offering Chow Yun Fat as inspector Tequila who was given the brilliant trademark of long gun fights involving slick and stylish stunts and involving someone using two handguns at one time.

- submitted by Etan V (22 months ago)