Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua
Biography
Antoine Fuqua began his career directing music videos for popular artists such as Toni Braxton, Coolio, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. From 1998 onwards, he began directing feature films, although he has worked on a few music videos since then. In a tribute article for TIME magazine, Fuqua expressed his early respect for Kurosawa as a filmmaker and how Kurosawa influenced his own perspective on filmmaking stating: "(screenwriter Hashimoto's) … working with Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni, was so beautiful and poetic and powerful and heartbreaking. It was all about justice, it was all about sacrifice, and it made me want to be one of those guys". His first feature film was the John Woo-produced action film The Replacement Killers (1998), starring Chow Yun Fat. He then directed the crime thriller Training Day (2001), for which star Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor. His next films were the action war drama Tears of the Sun (2003), the Arthurian legend film King Arthur (2004), the conspiracy action thriller Shooter (2007), the crime film Brooklyn's Finest (2009), and the action thrillers Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and The Equalizer (2014), the latter of which again pairs Fuqua with Denzel Washington. He co-created the comic-book miniseries After Dark with Wesley Snipes, which was written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Jeff Nentrup. Fuqua was scheduled to direct Prisoners, based on a storybook from Aaron Guzikowski, but left the project. He was slated to direct Tupac Shakur's official biopic. The project was postponed to allow Fuqua to direct rapper Eminem's second feature film, Southpaw. However, Eminem put Southpaw on hold to focus on music and was replaced with Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2010, CBS Films hired Fuqua to direct a new movie based on a Vince Flynn novel, Consent to Kill. In May 2014, 20th Century Fox set Fuqua to direct a drug-smuggling thriller film Narco Sub, which is scripted by David Guggenheim.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
66
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-05-30 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Acting

2018

American Dream/American Knightmare as Self (interviewer)

2017

Ghost of the Mountains as Narrator (voice)

2016

Geeking Out as Self

2007

On the Lot as Not available

2000

Bait as Man (uncredited)
Crew

2025

The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Executive Producer

2024

Rob Peace Producer

2023

The Equalizer 3 Producer

2023

The Equalizer 3 Director

2022

Emancipation Director

2022

Emancipation Executive Producer

2022

Bullet Train Producer

2022

The Terminal List Executive Producer

2022

The Terminal List Director

2021

Infinite Executive Producer

2021

Infinite Director

2021

The Guilty Director

2021

The Guilty Producer

2021

Mayor of Kingstown Executive Producer

2020

#FreeRayshawn Executive Producer

2018

The Equalizer 2 Director

2018

The Equalizer 2 Producer

2016

The Magnificent Seven Director

2016

Ice Director

2016

Shooter Executive Producer

2015

Southpaw Director

2015

Southpaw Producer

2014

The Equalizer Director

2013

Olympus Has Fallen Producer

2013

Olympus Has Fallen Director

2010

Brooklyn's Finest Executive Producer

2010

Brooklyn's Finest Director

2007

Shooter Director

2006

The Call Director

2004

King Arthur Director

2004

Lightning in a Bottle Director

2003

Tears of the Sun Director

2001

Training Day Director

2000

Bait Director

1992

Inside Out 4 Director

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Michael Director

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Sky’s End Producer

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The Street Director

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Narco Sub Director

2005

Bastards of the Party Executive Producer

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Siege of Bethlehem Director

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Tyson Executive Producer

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Tyson Director