Antoine Fuqua

Left Handed Pitcher + Rapper + Actor

Male

Born Jan 19, 1966

Age 47

Hometown Pittsburgh

Net Worth $18.67 Million

Antoine Fuqua is an American film director. He directed the film Training Day as well as Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter and Brooklyn's Finest. He is currently slated to direct Southpaw in 2012, a boxing film described as a "metaphorical sequel… Read More

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Filmdistrict Premieres "Olympus Has Fallen"

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Mar 19, 2013

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Los Angeles premiere of 'Olympus Has Fallen' held at ArcLight Hollywood Theatre

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Mar 18, 2013

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The cast of 'Olympus Has Fallen' attends a press conference held at the Waldorf Astoria

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Mar 9, 2013

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Morgan Creek Holiday Party

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Dec 17, 2010

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Lela Rochon
Married 1999 - Present

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Caryn James: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, James Marsh On Shadow Dancer (Video Interviews)
Huffington Post - May 31, 2013

' Clive Owen is best known for playing guys with compassionate, conflicted intensity in films like Closer and Croupier, James Marsh as the director of the Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire, about Philippe Petit''s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers, and Andrea Riseborough as the star who actually burnished her reputation by playing Wallis Simpson in Madonna''s otherwise critically reviled W.E. Now they''ve made something unique and wonderful together: the taut, off-your-guar...
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Illness, Injury And A Late Goal
The Garstang Courier - May 01, 2013

' Garstang Youth 1 Thornton Cleveleys 2 '
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'The Croods' Wins The Weekend With A Huge Debut
Huffington Post - Mar 24, 2013

' An animated prehistoric family won the box office this weekend as "The Croods" took the number one spot. Out from DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox, "The Croods" opened to $44.7 million across 4,046 theaters. The film, which features the voices of Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, and Ryan Reynolds, had a budget of $135 million and received a CinemaScore of A from moviegoers. Gerard Butler saw his first box office success in months with the debut of "Olympus Has Fallen." After a string of...
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Scott Mendelson: Review: Olympus Has Fallen
Huffington Post - Mar 22, 2013

' Olympus Has Fallen 2013 120 minutes Rated R If taken at face value, Antoine Fuqua''s Olympus Has Fallen is pretty much morally indefensible. Written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, the film offers a level of jingoistic fear-mongering the likes of which are more commonly associated with a 1980s Chuck Norris vehicle and/or the likes of Cobra. It is astonishingly violent yet acts as if the safety of a single person is all that...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1966 Birth Born on January 19, 1966.

TEENAGE

1983 17 Years Old Fuqua was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1983. … Read More

THIRTIES

1999 33 Years Old He married popular actress Lela Rochon in April 1999.

FORTIES

2011 45 Years Old In March 2011, Fuqua signed on to direct a film featuring the romantic love story between Consort Yang Yuhuan and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty. … Read More

2012 46 Years Old … He is currently slated to direct Southpaw in 2012, a boxing film described as a "metaphorical sequel to 8 Mile", penned by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter and starring rapper Eminem. … Read More

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