Andrew Davis is a renowned filmmaker, director, producer, and writer, best known for his intelligent thrillers, particularly the Academy Award-nominated box-office hit The Fugitive (1993),starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
Davis' parents met in a repertory theater company in Chicago, where he was raised. His late father, Nathan Davis, worked on several of his films, including Holes (2011). Davis received his degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and began his work in motion pictures as an assistant cameraman to renowned cinematographer and director Haskell Wexler on the 1969 classic Medium Cool (1969).
Davis made his directorial debut in 1978 with the critically acclaimed independent musical Stony Island (1978),which he also co-wrote and produced. He then co-wrote the screenplay for Harry Belafonte's rap musical Beat Street (1984) before moving into the director's chair full-time for Mike Medavoy and Orion Pictures on the Chuck Norris classic Code of Silence (1985).
Davis directed, co-produced, and co-wrote Steven Seagal's feature film debut, Above the Law (1988),for Warner Brothers. He also directed The Package (1989),starring Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones, and Under Siege (1992),for Warner Brothers, a classic action film teaming Steven Seagal with Tommy Lee Jones.
Davis' other directorial credits include Collateral Damage (2002),starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; A Perfect Murder (1998),starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen; Chain Reaction (1996),starring Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, and Rachel Weisz; and Steal Big Steal Little (1995),starring Andy Garcia and Alan Arkin.
Davis directed and produced the feature film adaptation of Louis Sachar's beloved children's novel Holes (2003),starring Shia Labeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, and Patricia Arquette, released by the Walt Disney Company. He also directed and produced The Guardian (2006),which honors the true heroes of the ocean, the Rescue Swimmers of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Presently, Davis is developing several projects through his Santa Barbara-based production company, Chicago Pacific Entertainment, including Treasure Island, a modern retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, and Mentors, a series for worldwide television.
Davis recently completed his first novel, Disturbing the Bones, a geopolitical thriller involving the world-threatening discovery of rogue weapons found in Southern Illinois by a Chicago detective and a young female archaeologist, released in October 2024 by Melville House Publishing.
