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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.
- Producer, Director, Actor
- May 30, 1965
- 4 min
His subsequent films include Tears of the Sun (2003), King Arthur (2004), Shooter (2007), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), Southpaw (2015), The Magnificent Seven (2016) and The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023), earning with the first one the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture.
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- May 30, 1965 (age 58), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- 1992–present
- Harvey Fuqua (uncle)
- 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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1. Training Day (2001) R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller. 7.7. Rate. 71 Metascore. 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. Votes: 472,464 | Gross: $76.63M. Watch on Tubi.
Lowest Rated: 17% Infinite (2021) Birthday: May 30, 1965. Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. American film director and producer Antione Fuqua got his start in the world of music videos...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetDirector76%No Score YetProducer76%94%Director, Producer45%59%Director, Executive ProducerAug 31, 2023 · August 31, 2023. By Jeff Ames. With The Equalizer 3 blasting its way into theaters this weekend, I decided to reflect on the director’s career and highlight the best Antoine Fuqua movies.
Feb 2, 2022 · Where to Steam or Rent: Watch for free on Netflix, rent from Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, Vudu, and Apple. Antoine Fuqua is one of the most underrated filmmakers working today, and his stellar ...
