Andrew Davis

13 films directed

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.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 360 mi Total budget from 11 film(s) with data
US$ 1.0 bi Total box office from 11 film(s) with data
US$ 33 mi Average budget from 11 film(s) with data
US$ 92 mi Average box office from 11 film(s) with data
6.3 Average rating from 11 film(s) with data
2.8× Return on investment from 11 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
The Guardian	2006	US$ 10 mi	US$ 95 mi	7.1
Holes	2003	US$ 20 mi	US$ 71 mi	6.9
Collateral Damage	2002	US$ 85 mi	US$ 78 mi	5.8
A Perfect Murder	1998	US$ 60 mi	US$ 128 mi	6.6
Chain Reaction	1996	US$ 50 mi	US$ 60 mi	5.8
Steal Big Steal Little	1995	US$ 25 mi	US$ 6 mi	4.5
The Fugitive	1993	US$ 44 mi	US$ 369 mi	7.5
Under Siege	1992	US$ 35 mi	US$ 157 mi	6.3
The Package	1989	US$ 16 mi	US$ 11 mi	6.1
Above the Law	1988	US$ 8 mi	US$ 19 mi	6.1
Code of Silence	1985	US$ 7 mi	US$ 20 mi	5.9
The Final Terror	1983	—	—	5.0
Stony Island	1978	—	—	8.0