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.

Fuqua was scheduled to direct Prisoners based on a storybook from Aaron Guzikowski but has left the project. He directed the film Training Day as well as Tears of the Sun King Arthur Shooter Brooklyn's Finest and Olympus Has Fallen


Movie career
After going to school for electrical engineering with the hope of going on to fly jets in the military Fuqua began his career directing music videos for popular artists like Toni Braxton and Prince and then went on to become a successful film director. However Eminem put the Southpaw film on hold to focus on music.

Antoine Fuqua (born January 19 1966) is an American film director.