Antwone Fisher is Denzel Washington's 2002 directorial debut, based on a moving and uplifting true story of courage and determination. Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke, Pieces of April, Miracle at St. Anna, Friday Night Lights) is a sailor in the US Navy. When he is busted again for fighting with a superior non-commissioned officer his punishment includes evaluation by a psychiatrist, Dr. Jerome Davenport (Washington). Despite being stand-offish and difficult at first, Antwone slowly begins to talk, revealing a traumatic childhood at the route of his anger which started with the death of his father before he was even born and the foster homes. Antwone Fisher was working as a security guard at Sony Studios before he got the movie produced. Studio executives began hearing about his life story and offered to buy the rights. But Fisher refused, insisting that he write the screenplay himself. The studio eventually relented and history was made.moreless