John Woo

John Woo was born on May 01, 1946 in China. John Woo's big-screen debut came with The Hand of Death directed by John Woo in 1976. John Woo is known for Red Cliff II directed by John Woo, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung stars as Zhou Yu and Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang. John Woo has got 21 awards and 19 nominations so far. The most recent award John Woo achieved is Hawaii International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie John Woo plays is Nuts! which will be released on May 11, 2016.

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 Le syndicat du crime (1986) established his reputation as a master stylist specializing in ultra-violent gangster films and thrillers, with hugely elaborate action scenes shot with breathtaking panache. After gaining a cult reputation in the US with The Killer (1989), Woo was offered a Hollywood contract. He now works in the US.