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  1. John Woo
    Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer

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  1. 1. The Young Dragons (1974) 95 min | Action. 5.4. Rate. The powerful mobster Leung, who is protected by the dangerous and wicked Huan Fai, sells two hundred Japanese weapons and ammunition to a Chinese gang. He uses the smuggler Luy Fu to bring ... See full summary » Director: John Woo | Stars: Ni Tien, Yung Henry Yu, Chin Hu, Chi-Ping Chang.

  2. Dec 1, 2023 · John Woo actually doesn’t like to watch action that much — he prefers drama — “but it is fun to make.” Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times. By Brandon Yu. Dec. 1, 2023. When John Woo was a...

  3. Mini Bio. Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before A Better Tomorrow (1986) established his reputation as ...

  4. 5 days ago · John Woo, Chinese film director noted for action movies that combine copious stylized violence with lyrical melodramatic depictions of male bonding. He is best known for the films A Better Tomorrow (1986), Hard Boiled (1992), Broken Arrow (1996), and Face/Off (1997). Read more about his life and career.

  5. Nov 30, 2023 · The legendary 77-year-old action director is making his first US movie for 20 years, the almost totally dialogue-free Silent Night. Thu 30 Nov 2023 10.24 EST.

  6. Nov 19, 2023 · John Woo Returns to Hollywood. The Hong Kong filmmaker talks about his quest to make personal genre movies, his enduring faith in friendship, and his new, dialogue-free revenge drama, “Silent...

  7. Nov 29, 2023 · All Is Not Calm: John Woo on Silent Night. Peter Sobczynski November 29, 2023. Tweet. In 1986, then-journeyman Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo broke through in a big way with “A Better Tomorrow,” a hyper-kinetic crime drama that received international acclaim for its combination of soulful storytelling, exquisitely choreographed action ...

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