Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua

1965-05-30 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 39 Credits

Biography

Antoine Fuqua began his career directing music videos for popular artists such as Toni Braxton, Coolio, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. From 1998 onwards, he began directing feature films, although he has worked on a few music videos since then. In a tribute article for TIME magazine, Fuqua expressed his early respect for Kurosawa as a filmmaker and how Kurosawa influenced his own perspective on filmmaking stating: "(screenwriter Hashimoto's) … working with Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni, was so beau...

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Rob Peace

Rob Peace

2024

Producer

6.8
Producing

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.

The Equalizer 3

The Equalizer 3

2023

Producer, Director

7.3
Producing Directing

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly,...

Emancipation

Emancipation

2022

Director, Executive Producer

7.8
Directing Producing

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to esca...

Bullet Train

Bullet Train

2022

Producer

7.4
Producing

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as La...

The Guilty

The Guilty

2021

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

Infinite

Infinite

2021

Executive Producer, Director

6.6
Producing Directing

Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret...

The Day Sports Stood Still

The Day Sports Stood Still

2021

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

The story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. This sports documentary is a chronicl...

American Dream/American Knightmare

American Dream/American Knightmare

2018

as Self (interviewer)

6.8
Acting

Documentary that delves deep into the life and storied exploits of the iconic Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight, as well as the volatile and hi...

American Dream/American Knightmare

American Dream/American Knightmare

2018

Director

6.8
Directing

Documentary that delves deep into the life and storied exploits of the iconic Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight, as well as the volatile and hi...

The Equalizer 2

The Equalizer 2

2018

Director, Producer

6.8
Directing Producing

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his...

Ghost of the Mountains

Ghost of the Mountains

2017

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

Disneynature's international team of filmmakers travel to the mountains of China to find and film the elusive snow leopard on the highest plateau on E...

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

2016

Director

6.5
Directing

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma...

Southpaw

Southpaw

2015

Director, Producer

7.4
Directing Producing

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle...

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

2014

Director

7.3
Directing

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl u...

Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

2013

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former President...

The 'Scarface' Phenomenon

The 'Scarface' Phenomenon

2011

as Self

7.0
Acting

This all-new documentary presents "Scarface" as a unique phenomenon in cinema history. It explores how a film plagued by controversy leading up to its...

Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest

2010

Director, Executive Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty...

Shooter

Shooter

2007

Director

7.1
Directing

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back in...

The Call

2006

Director

4.7
Directing

Pirelli Film's first promotional short, starring John Malcovich and Naomi Campbell.

Bastards of the Party

Bastards of the Party

2005

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

Surrounded by death and the brutal lifestyle that feeds it, a Los Angeles gangbanger explores the history of Southern California street gangs from the...

The Making of King Arthur

The Making of King Arthur

2004

as Self

8.7
Acting

Short documentary of the making of Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur (2004).

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

2004

as Self

6.5
Acting

A group of filmmakers talk about their appreciation for "GoodFellas" (1990) and how it has influenced their work. Jon Favreau, Allan and Albert Hughes...

King Arthur

King Arthur

2004

Director

6.3
Directing

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy ...

Lightning in a Bottle

Lightning in a Bottle

2004

Director

7.3
Directing

On February 7th, 2003, renowned artists across multiple music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York City's Radio City Music Hall t...

Tears of the Sun

Tears of the Sun

2003

Director

6.9
Directing

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between fo...

Training Day

Training Day

2001

Director

7.5
Directing

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Bait

Bait

2000

as Man (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves r...

Bait

Bait

2000

Director

5.7
Directing

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves r...

The Replacement Killers

The Replacement Killers

1998

Director

6.2
Directing

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, ...

Inside Out 4

Inside Out 4

1992

Director

3.2
Directing

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Natalie Would"; "Modivation"; "Put Asunder"; "Save The Wetlands"; "The Thief"; "Jilted Lover"; "Three On ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy w...

Untitled Hannibal Project

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Based on the real warrior Hannibal, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history, the film will cover the crucial battles he led agai...

Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela Tapes

N/A

Director

Directing

Newly discovered audio interviews with Nelson Mandela himself delivers an honest, accurate and definitive depiction of the man who remains a global sy...

Michael

Michael

N/A

Director

Directing

An in-depth portrayal of Michael Jackson, a complicated man, who became the King of Pop. The biopic will bring to life Jackson’s most iconic performan...

Sky’s End

N/A

Producer

Producing

A young adult dystopian thriller published early 2024 by Peachtree Teen, the book watches as exiled teenager Conrad enters the Selection of Twelve Tra...

Untitled Mike's Place Film

N/A

Producer

Producing

About the 2003 terrorist attack at Mike’s Place, a beachside blues bar in Israel.

The Street

N/A

Director

Directing

A thriller set against the backdrops of New York and Shanghai

Narco Sub

N/A

Director

Directing

Set in the dangerous world of drug smuggling, where semi-submersible crafts are used by South American drug cartels to ship cocaine into the U.S. with...

Siege of Bethlehem

N/A

Director

Directing

The true story of how a Muslim, an Israeli Jew, and a Christian American came together to prevent a battle from breaking out between the Israeli army ...