Director
Antoine Fuqua
61 years · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · 34 films
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.
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Michael
2026 · Director
On Philo
Troublemaker
2026 · Director
Stans
2025 · Producer
On Paramount Plus Premium
Rob Peace
2024 · Producer
On Netflix
The Equalizer 3
2023 · Producer, Director
On Hulu
Emancipation
2022 · Director
On Apple TV
Bullet Train
2022 · Producer
On Hulu
The Guilty
2021 · Director, Producer
On Netflix
Infinite
2021 · Director
On Hoopla
The Day Sports Stood Still
2021 · Director, Producer
On HBO Max
American Dream/American Knightmare
2018 · Self (interviewer), Director
On fuboTV
The Equalizer 2
2018 · Director, Producer
On fuboTV
Ghost of the Mountains
2017 · Narrator (voice)
On Disney Plus
The Magnificent Seven
2016 · Director
On Philo
Southpaw
2015 · Director, Producer
On Fawesome
The Equalizer
2014 · Director
On Netflix
Olympus Has Fallen
2013 · Producer, Director
On Plex
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011 · Self
Brooklyn's Finest
2010 · Director
On Philo
Shooter
2007 · Director
On Kanopy
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion
2005 · Self
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
2004 · Self
The Making of King Arthur
2004 · Self
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004 · Self