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John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 – April 28, 2019) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and 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 ...
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Apr 3, 2014 · Who Was John Singleton? John Singleton was born on January 6, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. His 1991 feature film debut, Boyz n the Hood, garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best...
We celebrate the life of filmmaker John Singleton, who passed away on April 29, 2019, leaving behind a career that included an Oscar nomination for writing and directing Boyz n the Hood.
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John Singleton (born January 6, 1968, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died April 29, 2019, Los Angeles) was an American film director and screenwriter whose films often examined urban and racial tensions. He was best known for his directorial debut, Boyz n the Hood (1991).
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Apr 29, 2019 · John Singleton, whose powerful debut film, “Boyz N the Hood,” earned him an Oscar nomination for best director, the first for an African-American, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 51.
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John Singleton. Writer: Boyz n the Hood. Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three writing ...
Apr 29, 2019 · John Singleton was the first African-American nominated for an Academy Award for best director for his 1991 movie “Boyz n the Hood.” He was also nominated for best screenplay...
