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Antoine Fuqua
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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 firs…
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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.
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2026
Michael
Movie Director
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2026
Troublemaker
Movie Director
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2025
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Stans
Movie Producer
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2024
Rob Peace
Movie Producer
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2023
The Equalizer 3
Movie Producer
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2022
Emancipation
Movie Director
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2022
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Bullet Train
Movie Producer
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2022
The Terminal List
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Mayor of Kingstown
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
The Guilty
Movie Director
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2021
Infinite
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
The Day Sports Stood Still
Movie Director
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2020
#FreeRayshawn
TV show Executive Producer
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2019
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
TV show Director
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2018
American Dream/American Knightmare
Movie Self (interviewer)
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2018
The Equalizer 2
Movie Director
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2017
Ghost of the Mountains
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2016
Ice
TV show Director
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2016
Shooter
TV show Executive Producer
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2016
The Magnificent Seven
Movie Director
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2016
Geeking Out
TV show Self
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2015
Southpaw
Movie Director
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2014
The Equalizer
Movie Director
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2013
Olympus Has Fallen
Movie Producer
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2011
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Movie Self
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2010
Brooklyn's Finest
Movie Executive Producer
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2007
On the Lot
TV show
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2007
Shooter
Movie Director
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2005
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion
Movie Self
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2005
Bastards of the Party
Movie Executive Producer
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2004
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
Movie Self
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2004
The Making of King Arthur
Movie Self
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2004
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Movie Self
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2004
King Arthur
Movie Director
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2004
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie Director
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2003
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'
Movie Self
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2003
Tears of the Sun
Movie Director
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2002
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood
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