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Antoine Fuqua is known to movie fans as the great American film producer, director, actor and even director of numerous music videos. Fuqua has been able to accumulate net worth valued at $18 million and nowadays he is considered to be one of the richest producers and directors in the United States. He has produced music videos for Chante Moore (“It’s Alright” and “Love’s Taken Over”), also for Prince (“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”) and Christopher Williams (“All I see”). Also he is the director of movies “The Replacement Killers”, “Training Days”, “Brooklyn’s Finest”, “Shooter”, “King Arthur” and many others which have made him famous worldwide and raised the total of Antoine Fuqua’s net worth.

Antoine Fuqua Net Worth $18 Million

Antoine Fuqua was born on January 19, 1966, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. He attended electrical engineering school and was dreaming about flying jets in the military, however, Antoine’s career and the beginning of raising his net worth started in a different direction. In the show business world he has been active since 1992, when he took his first steps as the director of music videos for the songs of Prince and Toni Braxton. The direction of music videos gave him the experience he needed to start working with main stream movies. It needs to be mentioned that Fuqua came to the movie industry only after he showed himself very capable in the creation of music videos and built up his basic net worth making them.

The movie directed by Antoine Fuqua which helped him to rise to fame was “The Replacement Killers” released in 1998. This directorial debut was more than just simply successful as the movie starred Michael Rooker, Mira Sorvino, Kennetn Tsang and Chow Yun-fat. For the next several years his work wasn’t so successful, however, he managed to direct a comedy-crime film entitled “Bait” in 2002 with Jamie Foxx and David Morse starring.

Fuqua’s later successes enabled the famous director to build even higher net worth. In 2003 “Tears of the Sun” was released, and only one year later”King Arthur”, both tp worldwide acclaim . Many other movies appeared, and Fuqua’s net worth continues to rise nowadays as he continues his work as a great film director. He made “The Equalzer” in 2014 and right now his next movie “Southpaw” is being filmed to be released IN 2015.

As Fuqua became so successful in the movie industry, he has stopped making music videos. The last one he directed was in 2011, and was the “Mirror” by Lil Wayne, made after a break of four years since directing “Citizen Soldier” by 3 Doors Down.

Fuqua is also known as the person who works on numerous commercials. For example, he was a director of Reebok, Stanley Tools, Miller Genuine Draft and Armani commercials which helped him to earn more money towards his current net worth.



Full Name Antoine Fuqua
Net Worth $18 Million
Date Of Birth January 19, 1966
Place Of Birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession Film director, Film Producer, Music Video Director
Education West Virginia State University
Nationality American
Spouse Lela Rochon (m. 1999)
Children Asia Rochon Fuqua, Zachary Fuqua, Brando Fuqua
Nicknames 安东尼·福奎阿 , Фукуа, Антуан
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298807
Allmusic www.allmusic.com/artist/antoine-fuqua-mn0001999553
Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture, Black Reel Award for Best Director
Nominations Prix du Public UBS, Variety Piazza Grande Award
Movies “The Replacement Killers”, “Training Days” (2001), “Brooklyn’s Finest” (2010), “Shooter”, “Tears of the Sun”, “King Arthur” (2004), “Mirror”, “Citizen Soldier”, “The Equalzer” (2014), “Southpaw” (2015)
TV Shows “It’s Alright”, “Love’s Taken Over”, “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”, “All I see”, “Roots”
Trademark
1 Most of his films contain politically driven elements and themes.
Quote
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 I like making movies.
7 I’ve become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I’ve seen those guys work and that was great to see.
8 I like the opportunity to make films.
9 I believe in God, absolutely.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.
17 I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism.
18 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.
19 What I learned is, don’t forget who you are, because that’s what’s going to make you a filmmaker.
20 ‘Cause movies are human drama, that’s it.
21 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.
22 But I like to go to movies with my son because it’s still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.
23 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.
24 Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.
Fact
1 Was offered the chance to direct Man on Fire (2004) but turned it down as he was busy working on King Arthur (2004).
2 Was originally set to direct American Gangster (2007) in 2004 with Denzel Washington and Benicio Del Toro starring, but production was halted one month before shooting after Universal Pictures canceled the film over budget concerns.
3 One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
4 Nephew of Harvey Fuqua(of The Moonglows).

Director

Title Year Status Character
Untitled Muhammad Ali Documentary 2018 Documentary pre-production
American Dream American Knightmare Documentary announced
Omerta TV Movie announced
The Man Who Made It Snow attached announced
Ice 2017 TV Series 1 episode
The Magnificent Seven 2016
Exit Strategy 2015 TV Movie
Southpaw 2015
The Equalizer 2014
Olympus Has Fallen 2013
Brooklyn’s Finest 2009
Shooter 2007/I
The Call 2006/I Short
Murder Book 2005 TV Movie
King Arthur 2004
Lightning in a Bottle 2004 Documentary
Tears of the Sun 2003
From Toni with Love: The Video Collection 2001 Video
Training Day 2001
Bait 2000
Usher Live 1999 Video
The Replacement Killers 1998
Inside Out IV 1992 Video

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Untitled Muhammad Ali Documentary 2018 Documentary executive producer pre-production
Training Day 2017 TV Series executive producer filming
American Dream American Knightmare Documentary producer announced
Omerta TV Movie executive producer / producer announced
The Man Who Made It Snow producer announced
Ice 2016-2017 TV Series executive producer – 6 episodes
Shooter 2016 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
Forever Brothers: The ’71 Pittsburgh Pirates Story 2016 TV Movie documentary executive producer
The Magnificent Seven 2016 executive producer
Exit Strategy 2015 TV Movie executive producer
Southpaw 2015 producer
Olympus Has Fallen 2013 producer
Brooklyn’s Finest 2009 executive producer
Bastards of the Party 2005 Documentary executive producer / producer

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Bait 2000 uncredited

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Born & Raised 2012 special thanks
Paris, je t’aime 2006 personal thanks
Made Men: The ‘GoodFellas’ Legacy 2004 Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Made in Hollywood 2010-2016 TV Series Himself
Rotten Tomatoes 2016 TV Series Himself
Southpaw: Extended Training Montage 2015 Video documentary short Himself
Southpaw: Inside the Ring 2015 Video documentary short Himself
Celebrity Conversations 2015 TV Series Himself
Good Morning America 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest
Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero 2014 Video short Himself
Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua 2014 Video short Himself
Inside ‘The Equalizer’ 2014 Video short Himself
The Equalizer: Children of the Night 2014 Video short Himself
The Equalizer: One Man Army – Training and Fighting 2014 Video short Himself
The Equalizer: Vengeance Mode 2014 Video documentary short Himself
IMDb: What to Watch 2014 TV Series documentary Himself
Cinema 3 2014 TV Series Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly 2010-2014 TV Series Himself
Weekend Ticket 2014 TV Series short Himself
Festival de cine de San Sebastián 2014: Gala de inauguración 2014 TV Movie Himself – Presenter: Honorary Award to Denzel Washington
Extra 2014 TV Series Himself – The Equalizer
Creating the Action: VFX and Design of ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ 2013 Video documentary short Himself
Olympus Has Fallen: Deconstructing the Black Hawk Sequence 2013 Video documentary short Himself
Olympus Has Fallen: Ground Combat – Fighting the Terrorists 2013 Video documentary short Himself
Olympus Has Fallen: The Epic Ensemble 2013 Video documentary short Himself
Under Surveillance: The Making of ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ 2013 Video documentary short Himself
Piers Morgan Tonight 2013 TV Series Himself
Tavis Smiley 2010-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself
NFL Alumni Player of the Year Awards 2012 TV Special Himself
The Scarface Phenomenon 2011 Video documentary Himself
Brooklyn’s Finest: An Eye for Detail 2010 Video short Himself
Brooklyn’s Finest: Boyz N the Real Hood 2010 Video short Himself
Brooklyn’s Finest: From the MTA to the WGA 2010 Video short Himself
Brooklyn’s Finest: Three Cops and a Dealer 2010 Video short Himself
Conflict and Chaos: The Life of a New York Cop 2010 Video documentary short Himself
The Mo’Nique Show 2010 TV Series Himself
Días de cine 2009 TV Series Himself
On the Lot 2007 TV Series Himself – Judge
Survival of the Fittest: The Making of ‘Shooter’ 2007 Video documentary short Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2007 TV Series Himself
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion 2005 Video documentary short Himself
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King 2004 Video documentary short Himself
Made Men: The ‘GoodFellas’ Legacy 2004 Video documentary short Himself – Director
The Making of ‘King Arthur’ 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
This Morning 2004 TV Series Himself
Journey to Safety: Making ‘Tears of the Sun’ 2003 Video documentary short Himself
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Heroes & Villains 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American Cinematheque Tribute 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
Chow Yun-Fat Goes Hollywood 2001 Video documentary short Himself
HBO First Look 1998-2001 TV Series documentary Himself
Stracult 2 2001 TV Series Himself
Intimate Portrait 2001 TV Series documentary Himself
Where the Action Is 1998 TV Movie Himself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture The Equalizer (2014)
2012 Capri Cult Award Capri, Hollywood
2002 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Theatrical – Best Director Training Day (2001)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Outstanding Director, Motion Picture Southpaw (2015)
2014 Hollywood Award Acapulco Black Film Festival Best Director Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
2011 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Best Director Brooklyn’s Finest (2009)
2005 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Best Director Lightning in a Bottle (2004)
2004 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Film: Best Director Tears of the Sun (2003)

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