Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 21, 1946
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Credits
38 titles
Andrew Davis
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
Known For
Filmography
Algren
Self
Mentors - Tony & Santi
Director
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
The Guardian
Director
Just Legal
Director
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
Self
Holes
Director
Collateral Damage
Director
On the Run with 'The Fugitive'
Self
A Perfect Murder
Director
Chain Reaction
Director
Steal Big Steal Little
Director
The Fugitive
Director
Under Siege
Director
The Package
Director
Above the Law
Director
Crossbow
Roanoak
Harriot
Code of Silence
Director
Beat Street
Screenplay
Angel
Director of Photography
The Final Terror
Director
Hot Rod
Director of Photography
Over the Edge
Director of Photography
Stony Island
Director
The People on Market Street: Unit #3: Demand
Cinematography
The People on Market Street: Unit #4: Supply
Cinematography
The People on Market Street: Unit #6: Wages and Production
Cinematography
Crash!
Director of Photography
Mansion of the Doomed
Director of Photography
Paco
Screenplay
The Stronger
Director of Photography
Lepke
Director of Photography
The Slams
Director of Photography
Hit Man
Director of Photography
Private Parts
Director of Photography
Cool Breeze
Cinematography
My French Amore
Director