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Directors of Asia

China - John Woo



Biography of John Woo:

Yusen Wu otherwise known as John Woo was born in Guangzhou 23 September, 1946 however he was grown up in Hong Kong (IMDb, 2012). He is a famous Chinese director famous in Asia and in America. At first he was a assistant director for the Shaw Brother Studios and he gained many experiences in shooting movies. In 1973 it was a great year for John Woo because he directed his first feature in his own movie. John Woo now is a famous director, producer, writer and editor in Hollywood thanks to his movie called The Killer (IMDb, 2012) From 1989 he started to work in America and still is currently today. Most of his famous movies I have watched directed by John Woo are Red Cliff 1, Red Cliff 2 and of course Mission Impossible 2. He was nominated 24 times for awards and he won 12 of them. He received many Hong Kong Film awards, Huabiao Film award, Shanghai International Film award, Sweden Fantastic Film award, World Stunt award, Golden Horse Film award, DVD Exclusive award, Asian Film award and finally the Saturn award (IMDb, 2012). John Woo is worth $60 million dollars for making action movies and for directing/producing many movies.

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Interview Questions:

I: Hello Mr Woo and welcome to Film interviews show W: Ni hao Hello thank you for inviting me I: The first thing I want to ask is that has your fame increased over the pass years? W: Yes of course, my movies such as MI2 and Red cliff 1 and 2 brought me greatest success and people in China, Hongkong and people over the world recognize me. I: What genre do you like most? Action, comedy, thriller W: I like to film Action movies because most of my past movies or all of my movies are action based. I: My final question is do you think your career is successful? W: I am clearly sure that I am successful because I’ve gotten box office successes in past movies like Mission Impossible 2 and I earn a lot of money but I will not reveal how much I make. I: Thank you for your precious time and we hope that your upcoming movies are going to be a success. Thank you

Korea - Jee-won Kim



Biography of Jee-won Kim Jee-won Kim was born in Korea on 1964 May 27. He started his career by teaching theatre then he slowly changed his career into a professional South Korean director/screen writer. His famous movies are A tale of two sisters, A Bitter Sweet Life, The Good, the Bad, the Weird and I Saw the Devil. There are violence in all four movies but The Good, the Bad, the Weird has a lot of comedic scenes. In 2013 it said that Jee-won Kim is going to release a film called The Last Stand starring famous actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kim likes to use a lot of violence in his movies, such as I Saw the Devil consists of many dreadful scenes. He is succeeding his career and he has box office success. Kim has won awards in Korea for producing good movies and he has a lot of fans in Korea.

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Interview Questions:

I:Once again hello people and welcome Mr. Kim to Film Interviews show. K: 안녕하세요 Nice to meet you, my name is Jee-won Kim. I: I will ask 3 basic question today and my first one is since you have gained fame in Korea, why don’t you start directing foreign movies? K: Actually I am going to release a new movie and I am ready to start my career outside of Korea. I am filming The Last Stand and I expect it to be ready by 2013 January. I: That is very interesting, we can’t wait until it comes out. Are you happy that your movies has turned out to be good movies in Korea? K: Yes I am so proud of myself and proud of the actors and crew, but I still want my fame to reach to the whole world. I: Finally you use Lee Byung-hun mostly in your movies as you main character, why? K: He is a good friend and I like his acting, he has strong character and he is an easy man to work with. I: That concludes todays short interview thank you!

Conclusion

I love John Woo and Jee-won Kim because of their fantastic thriller and action movies. John Woo’s movies such as Red Cliff and Mission Impossible 2 are amazing. John Woo deserves to be one of Asia’s most respected directors for being one of the first asian directors that is succeeding in the United States. The second director I love most in Asia is Jee-won Kim, first because he is Korean and his style of directing a horror movie is very creative. His movies such as I saw the Devil is full of suspense with many terrifying scenes. Out of these two directors I like John Woo the most because I am a fan of his movies and I still watch Mission Impossible 2 sometimes. Also he has more reputation for his works and he makes worldwide movies, so I like how he uses his creativity to direct movies.

MLA Citations:
 * Websites:**

IMDb. "John Woo - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2012. <[]>.

IMDb. "John Woo (I) - Biography." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2012. <[]247/bio>.

IMDb. "John Woo - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2012. <[]>.

IMDb. "Jee-woon Kim - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2012. .

Wikipedia. "Kim Ji-woon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2012. .


 * Images: **

John Woo. Digital image. Http://www.impactonline.co/. Impactonline.co. Web. 27 May 2012. .

IMDb. "Jee-woon Kim - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2012. .