1946 - Today
John Woo Yu-Sen (Chinese: 吳宇森; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. He is a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema, before working in Hollywood films. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to wuxia, film noir and Western cinema.Considered one of the major figures of Hong Kong cinema, Woo has directed several notable action films including A Better Tomorrow (1986), The Killer (1989), Hard Boiled (1992) and Red Cliff (2008/2009). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Woo has received more than 3,451,795 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). John Woo is the 129th most popular film director (up from 132nd in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from China (up from 219th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Film Director.
John Woo is most famous for his Hong Kong action films, such as The Killer and Hard Boiled.
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Among film directors, John Woo ranks 129 out of 1,581. Before him are Roy Andersson, Marcel Carné, Jiří Menzel, Peter Greenaway, Michael Curtiz, and Aki Kaurismäki. After him are Mel Brooks, Moustapha Akkad, René Clément, Claude Lelouch, D. W. Griffith, and István Szabó.
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 123
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 124
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 126
1886 - 1962
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 127
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 128
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 129
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 130
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 131
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 132
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 133
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 134
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 135
Among people born in 1946, John Woo ranks 69. Before him are Danny Glover, Thongloun Sisoulith, Howard Shore, Jean Todt, Daniel Libeskind, and Ed O'Neill. After him are Peter Singer, Tim Curry, Edita Gruberová, Julian Barnes, Tansu Çiller, and Laura Bush.
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 63
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 64
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 65
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 66
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 67
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 68
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 69
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 70
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 71
1946 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 72
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 73
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 74
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 75
Among people born in China, John Woo ranks 200 out of 1,392. Before him are Wang Zhaojun (-50), Kang Youwei (1858), Li Hongzhang (1823), Yang Chen-Ning (1922), Xiahou Dun (155), and Su Shi (1037). After him are Emperor Ling of Han (156), Li Peng (1928), Wu Sangui (1612), Jiang Wei (202), Emperor Ming of Han (28), and Longqing Emperor (1537).
50 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 194
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 195
1823 - 1901
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 196
1922 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 197
155 - 220
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 198
1037 - 1101
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 199
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 200
156 - 189
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 201
1928 - 2019
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 202
1612 - 1678
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 203
202 - 264
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 204
28 - 75
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 205
1537 - 1572
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 206
Among film directors born in China, John Woo ranks 2. Before him are Zhang Yimou (1950). After him are Wong Kar-wai (1958), Terence Young (1915), Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Chen Kaige (1952), Lo Wei (1918), Edward Yang (1947), King Hu (1932), Ann Hui (1947), Chang Cheh (1923), and Chloé Zhao (1982).
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 1
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 2
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3
1915 - 1994
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 4
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 6
1918 - 1996
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 7
1947 - 2007
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 10
1923 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 12