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Antoine Fuqua. Producer: Emancipation. 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.
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Antoine Fuqua ( / ˈæntwɒn ˈfjuːkwə /; born May 30, 1965) [1] [2] is an American film director known for his work in the action and thriller genres. He was originally known as a director of music videos, and made his film debut in 1998 with The Replacement Killers. His critical breakthrough was the 2001 crime thriller Training Day, winning the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director .
- Southpaw (2015) Training Day is a masterpiece and the best-known film from director Fuqua, but it is Southpaw that stands as his greatest achievement in film.
- Training Day (2001) Fuqua’s best known film is probably Training Day, starring Denzel Washington as a violent corrupt police officer and Ethan Hawke as a rookie cop assigned to work with Washington’s character.
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen is like Die Hard in the White House. The stakes couldn’t be higher, as North Korean terrorists take down the White House and almost everyone in it.
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven is a remake of the classic Western about bounty hunters hired to protect a town, which itself is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's movie The Seven Samurai, considered by many film experts as the greatest film ever made.
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- The Guilty. The Guilty movie, in many ways, arrived completely out of left field upon release, with many of Fuqua's directorial propensities for overt action and ambitious cinematography completely absent from the film.
- Training Day. Training Day is a clear amalgamation of the director's ambition and sensibilities in the film that essentially started it all for Fuqua.
- The Equalizer. The first Equalizer movie hits as hard and fast as its protagonist Robert McCall in a whirlwind of crisp visuals and bloody action sequences that exemplify Fuqua's direction style in its prime.
- Tears Of The Sun. Riding high on the immediate aftermath of Training Day, Fuqua followed up his seminal work with the 2003 action-drama Tears of the Sun, cementing him as a bonafide Hollywood name.
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- 'What's My Name: Muhammad Ali' (2019) IMDb Rating: 8.4/10. Whoever decides to tell a story about Muhammad Ali is bound to have an exciting movie on their hands.
- 'Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers' (2022) IMDb Rating: 8.2/10. The documentary TV miniseries Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers is among Fuqua's best-rated works on IMDb.
- 'The Terminal List' (2022) IMDb Rating: 7.9/10. The Terminal List is another conspiracy thriller on Fuqua's directing roster, and though he only directed one episode, he's the series' executive producer.
- 'Training Day' (2001) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. Training Day wasn't Fuqua's first feature film - that right's reserved for Jamie Foxx-led Bait. However, Training Day is Fuqua's most iconic movie, earning Denzel Washington the Best Leading Actor award at the 2002 Oscars.
Top 10 Antoine Fuqua Films. 1. Training Day (2001) R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller. A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be. Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger.
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