John Singleton
John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing Boyz n the Hood in 1991. For the film, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the first African American and youngest person to have ever been nominated for the award. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his early films, such as Poetic Justice (1993), Higher Learning (1995), and Baby Boy (2001) consider the implications of inner-city violence. Some of his other films include dramas such as Rosewood (1997) in addition to action films such as Shaft (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), and Four Brothers (2003).
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Birth date | January 06, 1968 |
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Birth name | John Daniel Singleton |
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