Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis

  • Birthday: 1946-11-21
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Biography

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

Filmography

Production

Angel

1984

As Director of Photography

Crash!

1976

As Director of Photography

Mansion of the Doomed

1976

As Director of Photography

Private Parts

1972

As Director of Photography

The Stronger

1976

As Director of Photography

Lepke

1975

As Director of Photography

Hot Rod

1979

As Director of Photography

Over the Edge

1979

As Cinematography

The Slams

1973

As Cinematography

Hit Man

1972

As Cinematography

Cool Breeze

1972

As Cinematography

A Perfect Murder

1998

As Director

The Final Terror

1983

As Director

The Guardian

2006

As Director

Code of Silence

1985

As Director

The Fugitive

1993

As Director

The Package

1989

As Director

Holes

2003

As Director

Chain Reaction

1996

As Director

Under Siege

1992

As Director

Above the Law

1988

As Director

Collateral Damage

2002

As Director

Steal Big Steal Little

1995

As Director

Stony Island

1978

As Director

Mentors - Tony & Santi

2020

As Director

My French Amore

0000

As Director

Holes

2003

As Producer

Chain Reaction

1996

As Producer

Above the Law

1988

As Producer

The Package

1989

As Co-Producer

Steal Big Steal Little

1995

As Producer

Above the Law

1988

As Screenplay

Beat Street

1984

As Screenplay

Steal Big Steal Little

1995

As Screenplay

Paco

1976

As Screenplay

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