All about John Singleton

John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Academy Award-nominated 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, and even branching out into mainstream territory, such as the blockbuster 2 Fast 2 Furious. In 2005, Singleton teamed with Craig Brewer and financed the breathrough independent film, Hustle and Flow, once it was clear that most other major backers would not clear it for release.

Around March of 1993, he began dating supermodel Tyra Banks, who later starred in “Higher Learning.” They broke up a few months after the movie premiered in 1995. In 2006, Tyra Banks mentioned in an interview that a former boyfriend had beaten her, but she refused to identify him or note how many years ago the relationship occurred. Speculation has arisen that John Singleton was that boyfriend, especially since allegations have swirled around him that he had beaten previous girlfriends as well.

In 1996, he married Ghanaian princess and actress Akosua Cyamama Busia. They divorced the following year. They have daughter Hader together.

In 2006, he won USC’s Mary Pickford Alumni Award

Director

• Boyz N the Hood (1991) (Oscar nomination)
• Poetic Justice (1993)
• Higher Learning (1995)
• Rosewood (1997)
• Shaft (2000)
• Baby Boy (2001)
• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
• Four Brothers (2005)
• The A-Team (2008)
• Tulia (2009)
• Luke Cage (2009)

 Producer

• Higher Learning (1995)
• Shaft (2000)
• Baby Boy (2001)
• Hustle & Flow (2005)
• Black Snake Moan (2007)
• Illegal Tender (2007)

 Screenwriter

• Boyz N the Hood (1991) (Oscar nomination)
• Poetic Justice (1993)
• Higher Learning (1994)
• Shaft (2000)
• Baby Boy (2001)