
Michael
Film screening of "Michael" at K3 Bohumín cinema.
Antoine Fuqua (born 1966, Pittsburgh) is an American film director who broke through with the thriller Training Day (2001), which earned Denzel Washington an Academy Award for Best Actor. He started out directing music videos for artists including Prince, Stevie Wonder and Coolio before moving into features, building a reputation for taut action and dramatic intensity. Beyond the Equalizer trilogy and films like Shooter and The Magnificent Seven, he has also made acclaimed documentaries on Muhammad Ali and the LA Lakers. His 2026 biographical film Michael, about the life of Michael Jackson, crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
The film Michael (2026) crossed the billion-dollar mark at the global box office and became one of only two films of 2026 to achieve this.
The biographical film Michael had its world premiere on April 10, 2026 in Berlin and was released in American cinemas on April 24, 2026.
According to reports from April 2026, Fuqua left the Michael project approximately a year before the premiere during expensive filming, with producer Graham King taking over the completion of the film.
Fuqua's documentary film Troublemaker about the life of Nelson Mandela had its world premiere at the Sundance festival on January 27, 2026.
Fuqua announced that he is preparing a big-budget film Hannibal for Netflix again with Denzel Washington in the lead role.