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Andrew Davis

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 21, 1946 (79 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Collateral Damage
  • Over the Edge
  • Angel
  • The Final Terror
  • Mansion of the Doomed
  • Stony Island

Known For

  • The Fugitive
  • Holes
  • The Guardian
  • Under Siege
  • A Perfect Murder
  • Collateral Damage
  • Chain Reaction
  • Above the Law
  • The Package
  • Code of Silence
  • Beat Street
  • The Final Terror
  • Steal Big Steal Little
  • Stony Island
  • Paco
  • Hollywood's Best Film Directors

Featured Videos

  • Andrew Davis-On The Story
    Andrew Davis-On The StoryCollateral DamageScene
  • Andrew Davis-Soundbites
    Andrew Davis-SoundbitesCollateral DamageInterview

Andrew Davis Filmography

2024
2003
1996
1995
1989
The Package · as Co-Producer
1988
1978
1975
Paco · as Associate Producer

2024
Mentors - Tony & Santi · as Screenplay
1995
Steal Big Steal Little · as Screenplay
1988
Above the Law · as Screenplay
1984
Beat Street · as Screenplay
1975
Paco · as Screenplay

2014
Algren · as Self
2011
2006
Who Needs Sleep? · as Self
1997
The Directors (TV Series) · as Self
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self

2009
Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Film Director

1984
Angel · as Director Of Photography
1983
The Final Terror · as Director Of Photography
1979
Over the Edge · as Director Of Photography
1979
Hot Rod · as Director Of Photography
1978
Stony Island · as Written By
1976
Crash! · as Director Of Photography
1976
Mansion of the Doomed · as Director Of Photography
1976
The Stronger · as Director Of Photography
1975
Paco · as Cinematographer
1975
Lepke · as Director Of Photography
1973
The Slams · as Director Of Photography
1972
Hit Man · as Director Of Photography
1972
Private Parts · as Director Of Photography
1972
Cool Breeze · as Director Of Photography

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