John Woo

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AKA: Wu Yu-sheng, Ng Yu-Sum, Wu Yusen
Nationality: Chinese
Birthdate: 05/01/1946
Birthplace: Canton, China

biography

Hailed by action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as "the Martin Scorsese of Asia," Woo was a legendary action director in the burgeoning Hong Kong film industry before emigrating to Hollywood to direct Van Damme in "Hard Target" (1993). Reportedly the first Asian to direct a major Hollywood studio film, Woo made his name with action-packed, emotionally florid movies with titles like "The Killer" (1989), "A Bullet in the Head" (1990), and "Hard-Boiled" (1992). Enthusiastically embraced by "hip" Brit and American critics while dismissed as a chop-socky poseur by skeptics, this bold visual stylist Continued

Credits

Producer
2003
Director
2003
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2003
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2002
Producer
2002
Director
2000
Executive Producer
1998
Executive Producer
1998
Director
1997
Director
1996
From Story
1993
Director
1993
Director
1993
Director
1991
screenplay
1991
Director
1990
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1990
Screenplay
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Executive Producer
Actor
Director
Producer
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Executive Producer
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1951 
Moved from Guandong provice in China to Hong Kong with his parents
 
Lived on the streets with his parents for over a year
1967 
At age 19, joined a theater company established by the Chinese Student Weekly, a periodical (date approximate)
 
Began making super-8 and 16 millimeter shorts
1969 
Hired for the entry level position of production assistant at Cathay Film Studio
Continued

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