Antoine Fuqua
- Born
- May 30, 1965 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
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.
Filmography · 45 credits
- 2026Michael · Director
- 2026Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela Tapes · Producer
- 2026Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela Tapes · Director
- 2025Stans · Producer
- 2024Rob Peace · Producer
- 2023The Equalizer 3 · Producer
- 2023The Equalizer 3 · Director
- 2022Bullet Train · Producer
- 2022Emancipation · Director
- 2021The Guilty · Producer
- 2021The Guilty · Director
- 2021Infinite · Director
- 2018The Equalizer 2 · Director
- 2018The Equalizer 2 · Producer
- 2017Ghost of the Mountains · Actor (Narrator)
- 2016The Magnificent Seven · Director
- 2015Southpaw · Director
- 2015Southpaw · Producer
- 2014The Equalizer · Director
- 2013Olympus Has Fallen · Director
- 2013Olympus Has Fallen · Producer
- 2009Brooklyn's Finest · Director
- 2007Shooter · Director
- 2005Bastards of the Party · Producer
- 2004King Arthur · Director
- 2004Lightning in a Bottle · Director
- 2003Tears of the Sun · Director
- 2001Training Day · Director
- 2000Bait · Director
- 1998The Replacement Killers · Director
- —The Man Who Made It Snow · Producer
- —Sky's End · Producer
- —Cat on A Hot Tin Roof · Director
- —Siege of Bethlehem · Director
- —We Do Not Forget · Producer
- —Hannibal · Producer
- —Wolf Boys · Producer
- —Untitled Mike's Place Project · Producer
- —Untitled Jack Johnson Project · Director
- —The Devil Soldier · Director
- —The Devil Soldier · Producer
- —Wolf Boys · Director
- —Hannibal · Director
- —Narco Sub · Director
- —Cat on A Hot Tin Roof · Producer