Person
Antoine Fuqua
Directing · Born 1965-05-30 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Antoine Fuqua (born May 30, 1965) is an American director. He began his career directing music videos for artists such as Toni Braxton, Coolio, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. 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 paired Fuqua with Denzel Washington. He has also directed the biopics Emancipation (2022), about an escaped slave named Peter, and Michael (2026), about the popstar Michael Jackson.
Known for
Michael
Director
Mayor of Kingstown
Executive Producer
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Executive Producer
The Terminal List
Executive Producer
Shooter
Executive Producer
The Equalizer
Director
The Equalizer 3
Producer
Shooter
Director
Bullet Train
Producer
The Equalizer 2
Director
Filmography
- 2026MichaelDirector
- 2026TroublemakerDirector
- 2025The Terminal List: Dark WolfExecutive Producer
- 2025StansProducer
- 2024Rob PeaceProducer
- 2023The Equalizer 3Producer
- 2022EmancipationDirector
- 2022Legacy: The True Story of the LA LakersExecutive Producer
- 2022Bullet TrainProducer
- 2022The Terminal ListExecutive Producer
- 2021Mayor of KingstownExecutive Producer
- 2021The GuiltyDirector
- 2021InfiniteExecutive Producer
- 2021The Day Sports Stood StillDirector
- 2020#FreeRayshawnExecutive Producer
- 2019What's My Name | Muhammad AliDirector
- 2018American Dream/American KnightmareSelf (interviewer)
- 2018The Equalizer 2Director
- 2017Ghost of the MountainsNarrator (voice)
- 2016IceDirector
- 2016ShooterExecutive Producer
- 2016The Magnificent SevenDirector
- 2016Geeking OutSelf
- 2015SouthpawDirector
- 2014The EqualizerDirector
- 2013Olympus Has FallenDirector
- 2011The 'Scarface' PhenomenonSelf
- 2010Brooklyn's FinestExecutive Producer
- 2007On the Lot
- 2007ShooterDirector
- 2005King Arthur: A Roundtable DiscussionSelf
- 2005Bastards of the PartyExecutive Producer
- 2004Blood on the Land: The Making of a KingSelf
- 2004The Making of King ArthurSelf
- 2004Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' LegacySelf
- 2004King ArthurDirector
- 2004Lightning in a BottleDirector
- 2003Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'Self
- 2003Tears of the SunDirector
- 2002Chow Yun Fat Goes HollywoodSelf
- 2001Training DayDirector
- 2000BaitMan (uncredited)
- 1998The Replacement KillersDirector
- 1992Inside Out 4Director
- 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
- —Cat on a Hot Tin RoofProducer
- —Sky’s EndProducer
- —Untitled Mike's Place FilmProducer
- —The StreetDirector
- —Narco SubDirector
- —Siege of BethlehemDirector
- —The Man Who Made It SnowProducer
- —Untitled Hannibal FilmDirector
- —Untitled Michael SequelDirector
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