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3Antoine Fuqua (born January 19, 1966) is an American director of films and music videos.
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5He is best known for his works in the action and thriller genres and his [[ProductionPosse collaborations]] with actor Creator/DenzelWashington, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the Fuqua-directed ''Film/TrainingDay''.
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7!!Filmography:
8[[index]]
9* ''Film/TheReplacementKillers'' (1998)
10* ''Film/{{Bait|2000}}'' (2000)
11* ''Film/TrainingDay'' (2001)
12* ''Film/TearsOfTheSun'' (2003)
13* ''Film/KingArthur2004''
14* ''Film/{{Shooter}}'' (2007)
15* ''Film/BrooklynsFinest'' (2009)
16* ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'' (2013)
17* ''Film/TheEqualizer'' (2014)
18** ''Film/TheEqualizer2'' (2018)
19** ''Film/TheEqualizer3'' (2023)
20* ''Film/{{Southpaw}}'' (2015)
21* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016''
22* ''Film/{{Infinite}}'' (2021)
23* ''Film/TheGuilty2021''
24* ''Film/BulletTrain'' (2022, producer only)
25* ''Emancipation'' (2022)
26* ''Film/{{Michael|2025}}'' (2025)
27[[/index]]
28!!Tropes that apply to his works:
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30* DirtyCop: Plays a prominent role in both ''Film/TrainingDay'' (produced in response to the Rampart scandal) and ''Film/BrooklynsFinest''.
31* ProductionPosse:
32** Four of his films have featured Creator/DenzelWashington, while Creator/EthanHawke and Creator/MelissaLeo feature in three each and Creator/MarkWahlberg and Creator/JakeGyllenhaal have starred in two each.
33** Harry Gregson-Williams has scored four of Fuqua's films, Mark Mancina and Marcelo Zavros have each scored three, while Music/JamesHorner and Music/HansZimmer have scored two of his films each (both of Horner's collaborations with Fuqua would prove to be among his final films).
34** On the production side, he usually works with cinematographer Mauro Fiore, editors Conrad Buff IV and John Refoua, and production designer Naomi Shohan.
35* RatedMForManly: Several of his works, such as ''Film/TheReplacementKillers'', ''Film/{{Shooter}}'', ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'', ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016'', and ''Film/TheEqualizer''.
36* TheRemake: ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016'' serves as both a remake of ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'' and ''Film/SevenSamurai'', and ''Film/TheGuilty2021'' is a remake of [[Film/TheGuilty the 2018 film of the same name]].

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