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Antwone Fisher
American director, screenwriter, author and film producer
This article is about the person. For the film, see Antwone Fisher (film).
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Antwone Quenton Fisher (born August 3, ) is an American director, screenwriter, author, and film producer.
His autobiographical book Finding Fish was a New York Times Best Seller. The film Antwone Fisher was written by Fisher and directed by Denzel Washington.
Early life and education
Fisher was born in prison to year-old single mother Eva Mae Fisher. His father, year-old Edward Elkins, had been shot dead by a jealous girlfriend two months earlier. Antwone was placed in a foster home weeks after he was born, and remained in foster care through most of his childhood. After living with a foster mother for two years, Fisher was taken away from her.
He was then placed into another foster home with Rev. Ulysses and Isabella Pickett.
Antwone fischers biography images Antwone Fisher aka "Finding Fish" is autobiographical. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. He served three years as a Federal Correctional Officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons before taking a position as a security officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment in He contacted Annette Elkins, who turned out to be his aunt.He spent 14 years of his childhood with the Picketts. Antwone was sent to George Junior Republic School, a discipline school for boys, from which he graduated before he joined the United States Navy.[1]
Career
Government work
Fisher joined the U.S. Navy to escape homelessness.
Fisher spent 12 years in the Navy and separated from military service in Here, he met Lt. Commander Williams, a psychiatrist who helped him work through his emotional traumas. After his discharge from the Navy, Fisher joined the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a federal correctional officer.[2]
Writer and filmmaker
After three years with the Bureau of Prisons, he began work as a security guard for Sony Pictures.
Antwone fischers biography wikipedia E3; January 30, , p. At the age of 17, he was cast out onto the streets. Early life and education [ edit ]. Antwone was immediately placed in foster care.It was there Fisher decided to find his true family members. He contacted Annette Elkins, who turned out to be his aunt. Within months of this contact, Fisher met all of his family, including his mother Eva Mae. He learned that she had given birth to four other children who were all taken away as wards of the state.
Fisher wrote that after their meeting, "In the place inside me where the hurt of abandonment had been, now only compassion lived."[3]
Fisher penned his screenplay. Stories about Fisher's life began spreading around the Sony lot, and many people from Hollywood lined up to develop the project.
Antwone fischers biography Fisher College: Narrative Description. No one should pass through time without writing their thoughts and experiences down for others to learn from. Fisher joined the U. Edit page.He initially declined all offers. After writing over 40 drafts, he sold the rights to his story to 20th Century Fox.[citation needed] The feature film Antwone Fisher was directed by Denzel Washington, and starred Derek Luke in the title role. Fisher was credited as both writer and co-producer.[4]
Fisher is still working as a director, author, poet, lecturer, college professor, movie producer, and screenwriter.[citation needed] His latest book, A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life, was published by Simon & Schuster in April
Fisher has written and directed other films, including a documentary, This Life of Mine: The Story of Leon T.
Garr, a short film, "My Summer Friend", starring Michael T. Williams,[5][6] and was a co-writer of the American drama ATL.
Personal life
Fisher and his wife, LaNette Canister, married December 1, They have two children, Azure and Indigo.