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John Singleton
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 - April 28, 2019) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning and Baby Boy. He later branched out into mainstream territory with the blockbuster 2 Fast 2…
Known for
- Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
- Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking — Self2021
- De'aundre Bonds - Drunk and Disorderly2019
- L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later — Self2017
- Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise — Self2016
- Trojan War — Self2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014
- These Amazing Shadows — Self2011
- The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' — Self2011
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Key facts
- Born
- John Daniel Singleton , ( 1968-01-06 ) January 6, 1968, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Died
- April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28) (aged 51), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Hollywood Hills, California , U.S.
- Education
- Pasadena City College , University of Southern California
- Occupations
- Director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1988–2019
- Spouse
- Akosua Busia ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 )
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Official website
The Films of John Singleton
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Abena Busia
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.johnsingletonfilms.com
- Image
- John Singleton 2000.jpg
- Height
- 1.68
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1968-01-06
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- John Singleton
- date of death
- 2019-04-29
- birth name
- John Daniel Singleton
- cause of death
- stroke
- name in native language
- John Singleton
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 – April 28, 2019) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and directing Boyz n the Hood (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming, at age 24, the first African American and youngest nominee in the category.
Singleton went on to write and direct other films, such as the romantic drama Poetic Justice (1993), the socially conscious college-based drama Higher Learning (1995), the historical drama Rosewood (1997), the crime film Shaft (2000), the coming-of-age drama Baby Boy (2001) and the action films 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), and Four Brothers (2005). In television, he co-created the television crime drama Snowfall and directed episodes of shows such as Empire, Rebel and the fifth episode of The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for the latter.
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