Antoine Fuqua was born on May 30,1965 and is an American filmmaker, known for his work in the action and thriller genres.
16 Facts About Antoine Fuqua
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Antoine Fuqua was originally known as a director of music videos, and made his film debut in 1998 with The Replacement Killers.
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Antoine Fuqua graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1983.
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Antoine Fuqua explained how his experience of violence shaped his adolescence, and played a role in his eventual choice of career.
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Antoine Fuqua began his career directing music videos for popular artists such as Toni Braxton, Stevie Wonder, and Prince.
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Antoine Fuqua directed Michelle Pfeiffer in the video Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio which was used to promote Jerry Bruckheimer's successful film Dangerous Minds.
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From 1998 onwards, Antoine Fuqua began working primarily as a feature film director.
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Antoine Fuqua then directed the crime thriller Training Day, for which star Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Antoine Fuqua co-created the comic-book miniseries After Dark with Wesley Snipes, which was written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Jeff Nentrup.
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Antoine Fuqua was slated to direct Tupac Shakur's official biopic but the project was postponed to allow Fuqua to direct rapper Eminem's second feature film, Southpaw.
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Antoine Fuqua's 2016 film, The Magnificent Seven, was a remake of the classic 1960 Western of the same name which itself was an American remake of Kurosawa's 1954 film, Seven Samurai.
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In early 2018, Antoine Fuqua worked as one of the executive producers on the Fox medical drama series The Resident.
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Smith and Antoine Fuqua released the joint statement: "We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access".
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Antoine Fuqua later signed an overall television deal with Paramount Television Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios.
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In January 2023, Antoine Fuqua announced his next film project would be Michael, a biographical film about Michael Jackson, starring Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson and being produced by Graham King.
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Daughter Asia Rochon Antoine Fuqua was born on July 28,2002, and son Brando in May 2004.