Antoine Fuqua Filmography

Born:: January 19, 1966 in Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation:: Director
Biography:: With his cooler-than-thou shades and a quick smile that's a testament to his easygoing demeanor, director Antoine Fuqua looks more like a leading man than a man who leads the team. Nevertheless, the music video and commercial director-turned-feature-film visionary has continually impressed...Read More

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Escobar

Crew: Director

Synopsis: One of the world's wealthiest criminals to date gets the biopic treatment in Escobar, an Oliver Stone-produced dramatic retelling of how Pablo Escobar came to be the head of Columbia's drug cartel after growing up in poverty. Shooter's Antoine Fuqua directs from a script by David McKenna, adapted Read More

1/1/09
Brooklyn's Finest

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes

Synopsis: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, and Ethan Hawke star in this cop drama from director Antoine Fuqua and Millennium Films. The story surrounds three Brooklyn cops from varying sides of the force who unknowingly converge together at a hot crime spot. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/09
Shooter

Crew: Director

Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas

Synopsis: A top Marine sniper who previously abandoned the military after a routine mission gave way to tragedy is double-crossed by the government after reluctantly being pressured back into service in Training Day director Antoine Fuqua's adaptation of Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact. There was a Read More

3/23/07
Bastards of the Party

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

2005
Lightning in a Bottle

Crew: Director

Actors: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Ruth Brown, Solomon Burke, Ben Cauley, Natalie Cole

Synopsis: The United States Congress named 2003 the "Year of the Blues" as part of an initiative by several musical education groups to make more Americans aware of the history and heritage of blues music, one of America's most important homegrown art forms. To kick off this celebration of the blues, a Read More

10/22/04
King Arthur

Crew: Director

Actors: Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Stellan Skarsgård

Synopsis: An ambitious attempt to wed the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table with known historical facts of the era, this action adventure drama begins with the fall of the Roman Empire in 450 A.D. as Roman armies flee the British Isles. Arthur (Clive Owen), a heroic knight and devoted Read More

7/7/04
Tears of the Sun

Crew: Director

Actors: Nick Chinlund, Eamonn Walker, Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan, Johnny Messner

Synopsis: A career soldier is forced to choose between following orders and saving lives in this action thriller. Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) is a veteran Navy SEAL whose commander (Tom Skerritt) has given his team a special assignment. A Central African nation is expected to explode into war at any Read More

3/7/03
Training Day

Crew: Director

Actors: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn

Synopsis: The Fast and the Furious (2001) screenwriter David Ayer follows up that fast-paced action hit with this gritty cop drama from director Antoine Fuqua. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced Los Angeles Police Department rookie anxious to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year Read More

10/5/01
Bait

Crew: Director

Actors: Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Doug Hutchison, Robert Pastorelli, Kimberly Elise

Synopsis: In this action comedy, a crook trying to go straight finds himself lured back to crime by the police, without his even knowing it. When master criminals Jasper (Robert Pastorelli) and Bristol (Doug Hutchison) pull a heist that nets $40 million in gold but leaves behind several dead policemen Read More

9/15/00
The Replacement Killers

Crew: Director

Actors: Carlos Gomez, Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jürgen Prochnow, Kenneth Tsang, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: Music video and TV commercials director Antoine Fuqua made his feature directorial debut with this action thriller starring Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. Chinese immigrant John Lee (Yun-Fat) has a violent past as a professional killer. It brings him only remorse, but it makes him the ideal Read More

1998