John Woo Yu-sen SBS (Chinese: 吳宇森; born 22 September 1946) is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the See more

Woo was born as Wu Yu-seng (Ng Yu-sum in Cantonese) on 22 September 1946, in Guangzhou, China, amidst the chaotic Chinese Civil War. … See more

1969–1985: Career beginnings in Hong Kong
In 1969, Woo was hired as a script supervisor at Cathay Studios. In 1971, he became an assistant director at Shaw Studios. The same year, he watched Bruce Lee See more

Woo has been married to Annie Woo Ngau Chun-lung since 1976. They have two daughters, Kimberley Woo, Angeles Woo, and a son Frank Woo. He is a Christian and told BBC in an interview that he believes in God and has utmost admiration for See more

• Cinema of China
• Cinema of Hong Kong See more

In English
• Bliss, Michael. Between the Bullets: The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo. Filmmakers series, no. 92. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8108-4110-X.
• Brown, Andrew M. J. Directing Hong Kong: The … See more

• John Woo at IMDb
• A John Woo Retrospective Archived 21 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Ten HARD BOILED Moments – The Best of John Woo Archived 23 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine See more