- ANTOINE FUQUA, THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, (1998), TEARS OF THE SUN (2003), KING ARTHUR (2004) & SHOOTER (2007)
Perhaps best known for directing Training Day (2001) and more recently Brooklyn’s Finest (2009), the Pittsburgh native’s first film, The Replacement Killers (1998)–which starred Mira Sorvino and Chow Yun-Fat–was anything but urban. Projects like the international thriller Tears of the Sun, which starred Bruce Willis, the Mark Wahlberg action flick Shooter (2007) and the hugely successful King Arthur (2004), which grossed more than $200 million worldwide, are just a few examples of this director’s range.