Name
John Singleton
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1968-01-06
Deathday
2019-04-28 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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 Furious and Four Brothers.
Known For
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In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday ...
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Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and v...
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When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties ...
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A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual ab...
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Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to dea...
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With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a succe...
- 1997 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 2011 These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 1995 Your Studio and You as John Singleton
- 2005 Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas as Self
- 2001 Baby Boy as Man Selling Bootleg Movies (uncredited)
- 2017 L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later as Self
- 2008 Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's as Self
- 2004 Baadasssss! as Detroit J
- 2016 Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
- 1993 Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films as Self (uncredited)
- 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III as Fireman
- 2011 The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' as Self
- 2003 Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend as Self
- 2000 Shaft as Bored Cop with Tea Cup (uncredited)
- 2015 Trojan War as Self
- 1991 Boyz n the Hood as The Mailman (uncredited)
- 2019 De'aundre Bonds - Drunk and Disorderly
- 2021 Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking as Self
- 2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 1993 Birth of a Nation: 4.29.92 as Self
- 2004 The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' as Self
- 1993 Poetic Justice as Colette's Man (uncredited)
- 1991 Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell as Self - Director, 'Boyz N' the Hood' (archive footage)
- 1994 Sembène: The Making of African Cinema as Self
- 2004 America Beyond the Color Line ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 Yo! MTV Raps ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2024 Hollywood Black ( 4 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
