​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.

Filmography

• The Drop: A Snowfall Saga — Original Series Creator
• 2021F9 — In Memory Of
• 2021Mosagallu — Executive Producer
• 2019De'aundre Bonds - Drunk and Disorderly
• 2017L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later — Self, Executive Producer
• Snowfall — Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• American Crime Story — Director
• Billions — Director
• Empire — Director
• 2011Abduction — Director
• 2010Marion Jones: Press Pause — Director
• 30 for 30 — Director
• 2007Illegal Tender — Producer
• 2006Black Snake Moan — Producer
• 2005Four Brothers — Director
• 2005Hustle & Flow — Producer
• 2004Baadasssss! — Detroit J
• 2004Time Out — Executive Producer
• 20032 Fast 2 Furious — Director
• 2001Baby Boy — Man Selling Bootleg Movies (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
• 2000Shaft — Bored Cop with Tea Cup (uncredited), Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
• 1998Woo — Executive Producer
• 1997Rosewood — Director
• 1995Higher Learning — Director, Writer
• 1995Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory — Director
• 1995Your Studio and You — John Singleton
• 1994Beverly Hills Cop III — Fireman
• 1993Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films — Self (uncredited), Director
• 1993Poetic Justice — Colette's Man (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
• 1991Boyz n the Hood — The Mailman (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 1991Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell — Self - Director, 'Boyz N' the Hood' (archive footage)

Appearances as themselves (18)

• Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking — Self
• 2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Trojan War — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2011The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' — Self
• 2011These Amazing Shadows — Self
• 2008Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's — Self
• 2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters — Self
• 2005Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas — Self
• America Beyond the Color Line — Self
• 2004The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' — Self
• 2003Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend — Self
• 1997Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery — Self
• 1994Sembène: The Making of African Cinema — Self
• 1993Birth of a Nation: 4.29.92 — Self
• Yo! MTV Raps — Self