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Also Known As Wu Yusen
Born October 1946 (age 78) • Guangzhou • China
Notable Works “A Better Tomorrow” • “Hard Boiled” • “Mission: Impossible 2” • “Paycheck” • “Red Cliff” • “The Killer” • “Windtalkers”

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Jackie Chan
Chinese actor and director
Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon
Bruce Lee
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Zhang Ziyi
Chinese actress
A screen legend
Clint Eastwood
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Dirty Harry
Don Siegel
American director
Richard Donner
Richard Donner
American director
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
Braveheart
Mel Gibson
American-born Australian actor, director, and producer
Wong Kar-Wai
Wong Kar-Wai
Chinese director
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Chinese director
Jet Li
Jet Li
Chinese actor
Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige
Chinese director
Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat
Chinese actor
Chloé Zhao
Chloé Zhao
Chinese director
Zhang Junxiang
Chinese playwright and director
Hong Shen
Chinese dramatist
Dušan Makavejev
Yugoslavian film producer
Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
Karel Reisz
Polish-British director
Jesse Lasky
American producer