John Singleton

Birthday:
01/06/1968
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.

Credits

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
as Self
De'aundre Bonds - Drunk and Disorderly (2019)
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later (2017)
as Himself
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
as Self
Trojan War (2015)
as Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' (2011)
as Self
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
as Self
Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's (2008)
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
as Self
Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas (2005)
as Self
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (2004)
as Self
Baadasssss! (2004)
as Detroit J
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend (2003)
as Self
Baby Boy (2001)
as Man Selling Bootleg Movies (uncredited)
Shaft (2000)
as Bored Cop with Tea Cup (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997)
as Self
Your Studio and You (1995)
as John Singleton
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
as Fireman
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema (1994)
as Self
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (1993)
as Self (uncredited)
Poetic Justice (1993)
as Colette's Man (uncredited)
Birth of a Nation: 4.29.92 (1993)
as Self
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
as The Mailman (uncredited)
Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell (1991)
as Self - Director, 'Boyz N' the Hood' (archive footage)

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