John Woo
吳宇森

BIO:

• Born 1946 (May 1) in Guangzhou, China as Woo Yu-Sen
• Moved to Los Angeles in 1992

NOTES:

• Met Terence Chang at Golden Harvest in mid 1970's

GOSSIP:

• Friends with Chow Yun-Fat
• No longer friends with Tsui Hark

AWARDS:

• 1986: Nominated for Hong Kong Film Best Director: Better Tomorrow
• 1986: Nominated for Hong Kong Film Best Screenplay: Better Tomorrow
• 1989: Won Hong Kong Film Best Director: Killer
• 1989: Nominated for Hong Kong Film Best Screenplay: Killer
• 1990: Nominated for Hong Kong Film Best Director: Bullet in the Head
• 1991: Nominated for Hong Kong Film Best Director: Once a Thief

BOOKS:

• Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies (1994) Personalities Directory p.310.
• Hong Kong Babylon (1997) p.148-154.
• Hollywood East (2000) "Between the Bullets: The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo" p.177-201.
• Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head (1996) "John Woo" p.035-47.

LINKS:

• Action Web Biography
• Answers-Wikipedia Entry
• Art of Historic Bloodshed
• Art of the Action Movie
• Ballet Full of Bullets
• Catharton Directors
• Cinema of John Woo
• Eastern Lens Filmography
• Encyclopedia of Asian Stars
• Films of John Woo and the Art of Heroic Bloodshed
• For a Few Bullets More
• Heroic Bloodshed Homepage
• High Impact Biography
• Hong Kong Entertainment News
• Hong Kong Obscura Biography
• Love HK Film

LINKS (INTERNATIONAL):

• French: HK Mania Biography
• Italian: Hong Kong Express
• Japanese: Idol Database

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