A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Born:
November 21, 1946
Andrew Davis (born November 21, 1946) is an American film director, producer and cinematographer, noted for the action films Code of Silence, The Fugitive, Chain Reaction, Collateral Damage, Above the Law and Under Siege. Born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, 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 musician Richard "Richie" Peter Davis co-founder of the cover band Chicago Catz 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. His first feature film as a director was the semi-biographical story, Stony Island. Davis has gone on to direct such films as The Fugitive, Under Siege, Above the Law (both starring Steven Segal), Code of Silence, Holes, The Package and The Guardian. Davis also directed the cutscenes for the videogame Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. In October 2006, he told a London press conference that he intends to make a film fusing the novels Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Tom Jones by Henry Fielding. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Davis (film director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Cinematography:
1972 Cool Breeze
1972 Hit Man
1973 The Slams
1979 Over the Edge
Co-Producer:
1972 Cool Breeze
1972 Hit Man
1973 The Slams
1979 Over the Edge
1989 The Package
Director:
1972 Cool Breeze
1972 Hit Man
1973 The Slams
1978 Stony Island
1979 Over the Edge
1983 The Final Terror
1985 Code of Silence
1988 Above the Law
1989 The Package
1992 Under Siege
1993 The Fugitive
1995 Steal Big Steal Little
1996 Chain Reaction
1998 A Perfect Murder
2002 Collateral Damage
2003 Holes
2006 The Guardian
2020 Mentors - Tony & Santi
???? My French Amore
Director of Photography:
1972 Cool Breeze
1972 Hit Man
1972 Private Parts
1973 The Slams
1975 Lepke
1976 Crash!
1976 Mansion of the Doomed
1976 The Stronger
1978 Stony Island
1979 Hot Rod
1979 Over the Edge
1983 The Final Terror
1984 Angel
1985 Code of Silence
1988 Above the Law
1989 The Package
1992 Under Siege
1993 The Fugitive
1995 Steal Big Steal Little
1996 Chain Reaction
1998 A Perfect Murder
2002 Collateral Damage
2003 Holes
2006 The Guardian
2020 Mentors - Tony & Santi
???? My French Amore
Producer:
1972 Cool Breeze
1972 Hit Man
1972 Private Parts
1973 The Slams
1975 Lepke
1976 Crash!
1976 Mansion of the Doomed
1976 The Stronger
1978 Stony Island
1979 Hot Rod
1979 Over the Edge
1983 The Final Terror
1984 Angel
1985 Code of Silence
1988 Above the Law
1989 The Package
1992 Under Siege
1993 The Fugitive
1995 Steal Big Steal Little
1996 Chain Reaction
1998 A Perfect Murder
2002 Collateral Damage
2003 Holes
2006 The Guardian
2020 Mentors - Tony & Santi
???? My French Amore
Screenplay:
1972 Cool Breeze
1972 Hit Man
1972 Private Parts
1973 The Slams
1975 Lepke
1976 Crash!
1976 Mansion of the Doomed
1976 Paco
1976 The Stronger
1978 Stony Island
1979 Hot Rod
1979 Over the Edge
1983 The Final Terror
1984 Angel
1984 Beat Street
1985 Code of Silence
1988 Above the Law
1989 The Package
1992 Under Siege
1993 The Fugitive
1995 Steal Big Steal Little
1996 Chain Reaction
1998 A Perfect Murder
2002 Collateral Damage
2003 Holes
2006 The Guardian
2020 Mentors - Tony & Santi
???? My French Amore
Story:
1972 Cool Breeze
1972 Hit Man
1972 Private Parts
1973 The Slams
1975 Lepke
1976 Crash!
1976 Mansion of the Doomed
1976 Paco
1976 The Stronger
1978 Stony Island
1979 Hot Rod
1979 Over the Edge
1983 The Final Terror
1984 Angel
1984 Beat Street
1985 Code of Silence
1988 Above the Law
1989 The Package
1992 Under Siege
1993 The Fugitive
1995 Steal Big Steal Little
1996 Chain Reaction
1998 A Perfect Murder
2002 Collateral Damage
2003 Holes
2006 The Guardian
2020 Mentors - Tony & Santi
???? My French Amore
Director:
2005 Just Legal
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