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John Singleton is an American <a href="/biography/john-singleton">producer</a>, screenwriter and
film director. He is the director of Boyz n The Hood played in 1991. He was
born in South Los Angeles and most of his movies depicted the violence of the
inner city violence. Some of the movies he directed are Abduction, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Brothers_(film)">Four Brothers</a>,  2 Fast and 2 Furious, Shaft, Higher Learning
and Poetic Justice.

John Singleton was born to Sheila Ward Johnson, who was
working as a pharmaceutical sales executive with Danny Singleton who was a
financial planner, mortgage broker and a real estate agent.  He went to Pasadena City College with USC
School of Cinematic Arts. He graduated by 1990 and he is a <a href="/biography/john-singleton">member</a> of fraternity
of the Kappa Alpha Psi.  He did filmic
writing program under Margaret Mehring with University of Southern California.
The program was meant to help the students to go to Hollywood system at once
like the directors and proficient writers. Mehring program was designed in the
way that the students in her program will be able to author their own vision.  Other students in the program were Helen Childress
and her husband Carlos Brooks.  Singleton has always been in the Apple
computer writing lab where he was writing his screenplays until late night or
early in the morning.  His ability to
direct started with music videos and among the music he did, there is Remember
the Time of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>.  John Singleton
is a <a href="/biography/john-singleton">husband</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia">Akosua Gyamama Busia</a>
, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia">actress</a> from Ghana and a daughter of second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Abrefa_Busia">Prime Minister</a>  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Abrefa_Busia">Kofi Abrefa Busia</a>. The marriage took place in 1996. However, he was a <a href="/biography/john-singleton">boyfriend</a> to different girls before and he has six children including
the daughter they have with his wife.

His film Boyz n The Hood, got the Academy Award in the
category of the Best Screenplay and Director. 
He was the youngest <a href="/biography/john-singleton">director</a> to be nominated at young age since he was
only 24 years and he was the first <a href="/biography/john-singleton">director</a> to be nominated for the award of
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African American</a> ancestry.  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a>
starred in the Remember The Time song of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>.

His movie, Rosewood entered in the 47th Berlin
International Film Festival.  Baby Boy
film also helped him to establish himself as a top of the line director for a
drama movie.  Afterward, he directed
action films but he got mixed and negative reviews for it.

In 2005,  <a href="/biography/john-singleton"><a href="/biography/john-singleton">John
Singleton</a></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Brewer">Craig Brewer</a> financed the independent film known as Hustle and
Flow  this is when it was clear that
there are no major backers to  clear the
movie for the release .  In 2013, he was
chosen to be the director of the film about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur">2Pac</a> biography.

In 2007, John Singleton  was involved into the accident with his car and
he hit Constance Russell who was a jaywalking pedestrian. He was found that he
was not under any influence of any substance or alcohol and he was not charged.
Russell died while undergoing the treatment.  John Singleton’s net worth is 50 million dollars. In addition of directing movies,
he also plays in some movies like 8 Mile or The game where he plays as himself.

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