Born: 19-Jan-1966
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Replacement Killers

Antoine Fuqua came to prominence directing music videos, including Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" and Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World". In his first chance to direct a feature film, Fuqua turned in The Replacement Killers, starring Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino. It was Chow's first American movie, a stylish, engrossing collection of shootouts that mimicked Chow's Hong Kong style without quite nailing it. He also directed the top-notch corrupt cop primer Training Day, which won an Oscar for Denzel Washington; Bait, an action-comedy you've seen, even if you haven't; and King Arthur, which was intended as a more "historically accurate" telling of the legendary tales, but was just more tedious.

In 2003, Fuqua and his wife, actress Lela Rochon, were sued by Tanya Evans, a personal fitness trainer who alleged that she'd had a few trysts with Fuqua. The lawsuit says Fuqua told her she'd "wind up missing like Chandra Levy" if she told his wife about their affair. Evans says she promptly told Rochon all about it, and then started receiving threatening phone calls.

Fuqua's uncle, funk pioneer and doo wop crooner Harvey Fuqua, was the lead singer of the Moonglows, and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Wife: Lela Rochon (actress, m. 9-Apr-1999, two children)
Daughter: Asia Rochon Fuqua (b. 28-Jul-2002)
Slept with: Tanya Evans (fitness trainer)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Shooter (23-Mar-2007)
    King Arthur (28-Jun-2004)
    Tears of the Sun (3-Mar-2003)
    Training Day (7-Sep-2001)
    Bait (29-Aug-2000)
    The Replacement Killers (12-Jan-1998)

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