Andrew Davis (film director)
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| Born: | 21 November 1947 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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| Occupation: | Film director and producer |
Andrew Davis (born November 21, 1947) is an American film director, producer and cinematographer, noted for the action films The Fugitive and Under Siege.
Born on the South Side of Chicago, Davis has directed several films using Chicago as a backdrop. He is the son of actor Nathan Davis and Metta Davis and the brother of Richard Davis and Jo Ellen Friedman.
After attending Harand Camp of the Theater Arts and Bowen High School, Davis went on to study journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was not long before his interest in civil rights and anti-war issues converged with his growing interest in film-making. Davis was mentored by acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler with whom he worked on Medium Cool and began his film career as a cameraman on blaxploitation films like The Hit Man, Cool Breeze and The Slams in the 1970s.[1].
His first feature film as a director was the semi-biographical story, Stoney Island. Davis has gone on to direct such films as The Fugitive, Under Siege, Above the Law, Holes, and The Package. The Guardian starting Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner, is now showing in cinemas worldwide.
In October 2006 he told a London press conference that he's intending to make a film from a fusion of two novels: Don Quixote and Tom Jones.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ D., Spence. "An Interview with Andrew Davis." IGN. 17 Apr. 2003. 5 July 2006 <http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/394/394095p1.html>.
- ^ http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/061012i.php
