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John Daniel Singleton was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He was best known for 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 person to have ever been nominated for that award. Singleton was a native of South Los Angeles, and many of his films, such as Poetic Justice (1993), Higher Learning (1995), and Baby Boy (2001), had themes which resonated with the contemporary urban population. He also directed the drama Rosewood (1997) and the action films Shaft (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), and Four Brothers (2005). He co-created the television crime drama Snowfall. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for "The Race Card", the fifth episode of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
Birth Name
John Daniel Singleton
Born
Saturday, 06 January 1968
Died
Sunday, 28 April 2019
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Unsung Presents: Best in Black | Self | 2023 |
| Milestone Generations | Self | 2022 |
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| Phat Tuesdays | (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Self | 2021 |
| Hollywood's Stories | Self | 2019 |
| The Movies | Self - Director, Boyz n the Hood / Self - Boyz n the Hood / Director, 2 Fast 2 Furious / Self - Writer / Director, Boyz n the Hood | 2019 |
| They've Gotta Have Us | Self - Director, Screenwriter, and Producer | 2018 |
| The '90s Greatest | Self - Director, Boyz n the Hood | 2018 |
| The Nineties | Self - Filmmaker / Writer and Director, 'Boyz N the Hood' | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Unsung Presents: Best in Black | Self | 2023 |
| Milestone Generations | Self | 2022 |
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| Phat Tuesdays | (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Self | 2021 |
| Hollywood's Stories | Self | 2019 |
| The Movies | Self - Director, Boyz n the Hood / Self - Boyz n the Hood / Director, 2 Fast 2 Furious / Self - Writer / Director, Boyz n the Hood | 2019 |
| They've Gotta Have Us | Self - Director, Screenwriter, and Producer | 2018 |
| The '90s Greatest | Self - Director, Boyz n the Hood | 2018 |
| The Nineties | Self - Filmmaker / Writer and Director, 'Boyz N the Hood' | 2017 |
| The L.A. Riots: 25 Years Later | Self - Filmmaker | 2017 |
| L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later | Director / Self - Writer / Himself | 2017 |
| Maya Angelou And Still I Rise | Self - Film Director / Himself | 2016 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
| Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
| Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
| The '90s: The Last Great Decade? | Himself | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| The Tanning of America | Self - Director, Boyz n the Hood | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| Real Husbands of Hollywood | Self | 2013 |
| Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots | Self | 2012 |
| On Story | Self | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Self | 2011 |
| Michael Jackson | Self | 2009 |
| 30 for 30 | Self | 2009 |
| Hollywood's Best Film Directors | Film Director / Self - Interviewee | 2009 |
| N.W.A.: The World's Most Dangerous Group | Self | 2008 |
| Miss Rap Supreme | Self - Celebrity Guest | 2008 |
| The Game | John Singleton | 2006 |
| Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Himself / Self | 2006 |
| The N Word | Self | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| 20 to 1 | Self | 2005 |
| Weekends at the DL | Self | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' | Self - Writer-Director, 'Boyz N the Hood' | 2004 |
| Baadasssss! | Detroit J | 2004 |
| Tupac: Resurrection | Self | 2003 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| Making Music with Ludacris | Self | 2003 |
| Who Is Alan Smithee? | Self | 2002 |
| Baby Boy | Man Selling Bootleg Movies | 2001 |
| Shaft | Bored Cop with Tea Cup | 2000 |
| Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery | Self | 1997 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Your Studio and You | Himself / John Singleton | 1995 |
| Beverly Hills Cop III | Fireman | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
| Dangerous: The Short Films | Self ('Making of Remember the Time' segment) / Himself (Making of Remember the Time) | 1993 |
| The 64th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 1992 |
| The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | Self - Presenter | 1992 |
| Boyz n the Hood | Mailman | 1991 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Siskel & Ebert | Self | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self - Film Director | 1986 |
| Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Snowfall | 2017 |
| Rebel | 2017 |
| American Crime Story | 2016 |
| Billions | 2016 |
| Empire | 2015 |
| Abduction | 2011 |
| Marion Jones: Press Pause | 2010 |
| 30 for 30 | 2009 |
| Four Brothers | 2005 |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | 2003 |
| Baby Boy | 2001 |
| Shaft | 2000 |
| Rosewood | 1997 |
| Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory | 1995 |
| Higher Learning | 1995 |
| Poetic Justice | 1993 |
| Dangerous: The Short Films | 1993 |
| Boyz n the Hood | 1991 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Mosagallu | 2021 |
| Snowfall | 2017 |
| L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later | 2017 |
| Rebel | 2017 |
| Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People | 2014 |
| Illegal Tender | 2007 |
| Black Snake Moan | 2007 |
| Hustle & Flow | 2005 |
| Baby Boy | 2001 |
| Shaft | 2000 |
| Independent Lens | 1999 |
| Woo | 1998 |
| Higher Learning | 1995 |
| Poetic Justice | 1993 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Nominated |
| 2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| 1992 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1992 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
