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Antoine Fuqua
Total gross: $760 million
Films: 12
Top grossing film: Training Day (2004) - $118 million
Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 film Training Day earned Denzel Washington an Oscar for Best Actor and Ethan Hawke a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Fuqua has had a run of successful action thrillers including Shooter (2007), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), and The Equalizer (2014). Fuqua reunited with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke for his 2016 remake of the 1960's John Sturges western classic, The Magnificent Seven.
Best known for: Training Day (2001), King Arthur (2004), Southpaw (2015)
Total gross: $760 million
Films: 12
Top grossing film: Training Day (2004) - $118 million
Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 film Training Day earned Denzel Washington an Oscar for Best Actor and Ethan Hawke a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Fuqua has had a run of successful action thrillers including Shooter (2007), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), and The Equalizer (2014). Fuqua reunited with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke for his 2016 remake of the 1960's John Sturges western classic, The Magnificent Seven.
Best known for: Training Day (2001), King Arthur (2004), Southpaw (2015)
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