Andrew Davis was born on November 21, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an American film director, producer and cinematographer.

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.

He 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 (1992), Under Siege, Above the Law (1988), Holes, The Package, and The Guardian (2006) starring Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner.

Filmography

• The Guardian (2006)
• "Just Legal" (1 episode, 2005)
• Holes (2003)
• Collateral Damage (2002)
• A Perfect Murder (1998)
• Chain Reaction (1996)
• Steal Big Steal Little (1995)
• The Fugitive (1993)
• Under Siege (1992)
• The Package (1989)
• Above the Law (1988)
• Code of Silence (1985)
• The Final Terror (1983)
• Stony Island (1978)
• At Home with Shields and Yarnell (1978) (TV)

Awards

• MTV Movie Award Best Action Sequence "The Fugitive" 1994