John Woo's biography
Yusen Wu is 76 years old film director born at Guangzhou. He was born on Wednesday 1st of May 1946. John is often nicknamed as John Woo Yu-Sen, Yusen Wu. According to year of birth 1946 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 1st of May means he is Taurus. Taurus is most stable sign of Zodiac, that is the reason it is also included in the earthy sign of the Zodiac Belt. One born with this Moon Sign (Not a Rising Sign) is very stable and balanced through their mind.
He is asian hong konger. He is citizen of Hong Kong. He is lutheran. His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as film producer, screenwriter, film editor. He is recently known as film actor.
John Woo's schools
We found 1 school John attended. Name of the school: Concordia Lutheran School.
Detailed informations about his schools
John studied high school - Matteo Ricci College, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
John Woo's career
His main focus is to be film director. He is famous thanks to Director of Hong Kong action films. He is also a member of Committee of 100.
Is John Woo gay ?
John is known to be straight.
Awards and competitions
John Woo's Awards
- Two of his films are listed in the Hong Kong Film Awards' List of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures on March 2005. They are The Killer (1989) and A Better Tomorrow (1986) (ranking 42 and 2, respectively).
What John Woo has done for a first time
- First job was working for Shaw Brothers studios as an assistant director to Cheh Chang. Martin Scorsese and Sam Peckinpah are his favorite directors.
- He is the first Asian director ever to make a mainstream Hollywood film (Hard Target (1993)).
John Woo's quotes
- I'm not a master; I'm just a hard-working filmmaker. I would like everyone to see me as a friend rather than a master.
- I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes they're seen as the messengers of God, so they're important to me because I'm a Christian.
- [on Tom Cruise] When he talks, he has so much energy it's almost like he's dancing. So I used that to choreograph his action scenes.
- [on Akira Kurosawa] I love Kurosawa's movies, and I got so much inspiration from him. He is one of my idols and one of the great masters.
- [on Dolph Lundgren] Directors have generally overlooked Dolph's great sense of humor. He's very funny.
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John Woo's height, body shape, eye color
Lets describe how John Woo looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 4½" (164 cm). Body build is average. John´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. John´s hair is shade of black.