Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua

Director
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Life Story

Antoine Fuqua is an American film director, known for his work in the film Training Day as well as The Replacement Killers, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter, Brooklyn's Finest, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer.

He has directed music videos for such artists as Arrested Development, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton, Pras Michel and Usher Raymond. He was nominated for MTV's Best Rap Video for Heavy D & the Boyz. He also won two Music Video Production Awards: The Young Generators Award, for his work on Coolio's rap video "Gansta Paradise" and the Sinclair Tenebaum Olesiuk and Emanual Award for the trailer to the hit feature film Dangerous Minds (1995). Among his many commercial credits are Wings for Men, Big Star Jeans, Miller Genuine Draft, Reebok, Toyota, Armani and Stanley Tools.

Family

Lela Rochon (9 April 1999 - present) ( 3 children)

Trivia

Nephew of Harvey Fuqua(of The Moonglows).
One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
Was originally set to direct American Gangster (2007) in 2004 with Denzel Washington and Benicio Del Toro starring, but production was halted one month before shooting after Universal Pictures canceled the film over budget concerns.
Was offered the chance to direct Man on Fire (2004) but turned it down as he was busy working on King Arthur (2004).

Personal Quotes 

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.
Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along.
But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.
Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel.
'Cause movies are human drama, that's it.
What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker.

Filmography

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