Antwone Fisher

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Antwone Quenton Fisher (born August 3, 1959) is an American writer, screenwriter, and film producer.

Finding Fish, a 2001 autobiographical book, was a New York Times Best Seller.

Fisher wrote and directed Antwone Fisher in 2002, a 2002 film Antwone Fisher was written by Fisher and directed by Denzel Washington.

Early life and education

Fisher was born in jail to a single mother. Edward Elkins' father was shot and killed by a jealous girlfriend two months before. Antwone was placed in a foster home weeks after he was born and spent the majority of his childhood in foster care. Fisher was taken away from her after being housed with a foster mother for two years. He was then moved to a new foster home with a family named Picketts. He spent 14 years of his childhood with the Pickett family. Antwone was sent to George Junior Republic School, a boys' discipline academy, from which he graduated before joining the United States Navy.

Personal life

LaNette Canister, Fisher's wife, and he married on December 1, 1996. Azure and Indigo are two of their two children.

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Career

Fisher joined the U.S. Navy to escape homelessness. Fisher spent 11 years in the Navy. Here, he met Lt. Commander Williams, a psychiatrist who helped him work through his emotional traumas. After the discharge from the Navy, Fisher joined the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a federal correctional officer.

After three years with the Bureau of Prisons, he began work as a security guard for Sony Pictures. 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 said after their meeting: "In the place inside me where the hurt of abandonment had been, now only compassion lived."

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. He initially declined all offers. After writing over 40 drafts, he sold the rights to his story to 20th Century Fox. 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.

Fisher is still working as a director, author, poet, lecturer, college professor, movie producer, and screenwriter. 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 2010.

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, and was a co-writer of the 2006 American drama ATL.

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Awards and honors

• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Cleveland State University (May 10, 2003)