John Singleton
- Directing
- January 6, 1968 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- April 28, 2019
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
Filmography
- The Drop: A Snowfall Saga · Original Series Creator
- Hollywood Black · Self
- Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking · Self
- F9 · In Memory Of
- Mosagallu · Executive producer
- De'aundre Bonds - Drunk and Disorderly
- Snowfall · Director, Executive producer
- L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later · Self, Executive producer
- Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise · Self
- American Crime Story · Director
- Billions · Director
- Trojan War · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Empire · Director
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Abduction · Director
- The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' · Self
- These Amazing Shadows · Self
- Marion Jones: Press Pause · Director
- 30 for 30 · Director
- Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's · Self
- Illegal Tender · Producer
- Black Snake Moan · Producer
- Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · Self
- Four Brothers · Director
- Hustle & Flow · Producer
- Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas · Self
- Time Out · Executive producer
- The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' · Self
- Baadasssss! · Detroit J
- America Beyond the Color Line · Self
- Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend · Self
- 2 Fast 2 Furious · Director
- Baby Boy · Man Selling Bootleg Movies (uncredited), Director
- Shaft · Bored Cop with Tea Cup (uncredited), Director
- Woo · Executive producer
- Rosewood · Director
- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery · Self
- Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory · Director
- Your Studio and You · John Singleton
- Higher Learning · Director, Writer
- Beverly Hills Cop III · Fireman
- Sembène: The Making of African Cinema · Self
- Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films · Self, Director
- Poetic Justice · Colette's Man (uncredited), Director
- Birth of a Nation: 4.29.92 · Self
- Boyz n the Hood · The Mailman (uncredited), Director
- Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell · Self
- Yo! MTV Raps · Self