Antoine Fuqua

Birthday: 19 January 1966, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Height: 177 cm

Antoine Fuqua (born January 19, 1966) 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.He has directed music videos for such artists as Arrested Development, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton, Pras Michel and Usher Raymond. He was nominated for MTV's Best Rap Video for Heavy D & the Boyz. He also won two Music Video Production Awards: The Young Generators Award, for his work on Coolio's rap video "Gansta Paradise" and the Sinclair Tenebaum Olesiuk and Emanual Award for the trailer to the hit feature film Dangerous Minds (1995). Among his many commercial credits are Wings for Men, Big Star Jeans, Miller Genuine Draft, Reebok, Toyota, Armani and Stanley Tools. Show less «

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, inde...Show more »

I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies. Show less «

I like the opportunity to make films.

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, diffe...Show more »

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel. Show less «

But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.

'Cause movies are human drama, that's it.

I take them seriously but I try not to read them. I take them personally, that's why I don't read th...Show more »

I take them seriously but I try not to read them. I take them personally, that's why I don't read them. I think people are lying when they say they don't care, that's not true. I take them personally. Show less «

I believe in God, absolutely.

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask...Show more »

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later. Show less «

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of mov...Show more »

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies. Show less «

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great...Show more »

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see. Show less «

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark ...Show more »

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that. Show less «

It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be...Show more »

It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down. Show less «

My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in,...Show more »

My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention. Show less «

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism.

The story is also about the battle between Arthur and the Saxons. The Saxons were destroying everyth...Show more »

The story is also about the battle between Arthur and the Saxons. The Saxons were destroying everything they came across and Arthur was left when Rome was falling because this movie takes place in 400 A.D. Show less «

The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicate...Show more »

The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort. Show less «

I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice an...Show more »

I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire. Show less «

I like making movies.

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also mak...Show more »

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially. Show less «

I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Ex...Show more »

I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist. Show less «

Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off came...Show more »

Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along. Show less «

What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker.

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what i...Show more »

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream. Show less «

Antoine Fuqua

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