The film director and producer, and also an actor Antoine fuqua, was born on January 19, 1966 in the city of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), in the United States. He attended West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia on a basketball scholarship. He studied electrical engineering (specializing in electromagnetism and signal processing) before returning to his hometown (only for a brief period, during which he discovered his true calling), then settling in New York to work in film.
Fuqua directed music videos for artists such as Arrested Development, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton, Pras, and Usher Raymond. It was nominated for MTV Best Rap Video for Heavy D & The Boyz. He also won two Music Video Production Awards: the New Generation Award for his work on Coolio’s rap video “Paradise Gansta” and the Sinclair Tenebaum Olesiuk and Emanual Award for the trailer for the hit feature film “Dangerous Minds” (1995). .
His many commercial directing credits include brands such as Wings for Men, Big Star Jeans, Miller Genuine Draft, Reebok, Toyota, Armani and Stanley Tools.
Fuqua is probably best known for directing his feature film “Training day: Training day” (2001), winner of an Oscar for best actor (Denzel Washington). Other works under his direction were the films “Tears of the Sun” (2003), “El Rey Arturo” (2004), “El tirador” (2007) or “El Rey Arturo” (2009).
His latest work, recently released, is the feature film “Target: The White House” (2013), starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman.
In his personal life, Fuqua is married to actress Lela Rochon, with whom he has three children.