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John Singleton

November 2021

  • Down the Rabbit hole

    Down the rabbit hole
    What connects Janet Jackson’s ‘wardrobe malfunction’ to Shonda Rhimes and John Singleton?

    From the Super Bowl to groundbreaking cinema: we jump down the rabbit hole, via a detour to Britney Spears

April 2021

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    Damson Idris: ‘Mum would dress me in a three-piece golden suit’

    Peckham-born Damson Idris is a huge name in the US. But back here his star is still rising. He talks to Tim Lewis about breaking out in Snowfall, his American accent, joking with Jay-Z and the joy of dressing up

February 2020

  • John Singleton<br>Director John Singleton arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 2017. A director who made one of Hollywood's most memorable debuts with the Oscar-nominated "Boyz N the Hood" died April 29 after suffering a stroke. He was 51. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

    Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton remembered at the Oscars ceremony

    The Academy paid tribute to the film-maker in its In Memoriam montage

May 2019

  • John Singleton

    Funeral for director John Singleton to be held in Los Angeles

  • Omar Epps and Laurence Fishburne in Higher Learning.

    Higher Learning: in praise of John Singleton's forgotten masterwork

30 April 2019

  • John Singleton in 2003.

    John Singleton obituary

    Oscar-nominated film director whose powerful debut, Boyz N the Hood, depicted life on the streets of South Central Los Angeles

29 April 2019

  • John Singleton: Boyz N the Hood director dies aged 51 – video

    Boyz N the Hood director and Snowfall executive producer, John Singleton, who became the first African American and the youngest-ever film-maker to be nominated for the best director Oscar, has died aged 51. Singleton had been hospitalised following a stroke on 17 April

  • 2 Fast 2 Furious - 2003<br>Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eli Reed/Universal/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5882962r) John Singleton 2 Fast 2 Furious - 2003 Director: John Singleton Universal USA On/Off Set Action/Adventure Two Fast Two Furious

    John Singleton: maverick director with a radical edge

    Boyz N the Hood sent audiences reeling and marked the start of an uneven career for a writer-director whose films were rooted in lived experience

    • Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton – a life in pictures

    • Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton dies aged 51

    • Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton to be taken off life support

20 April 2019

  • John Singleton

    Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton in hospital after stroke

    Family of 51-year-old Oscar-nominated film-maker thanked his many well wishes

March 2018

  • History makers … Yance Ford, John Singleton and Rachel Morrison

    'I was terrified I was going to be a flash in the pan': the people who made Oscars history

    What’s it like to be a barrier-breaking nominee? Two 2018 hopefuls consider their achievements, while John Singleton, the first African American to be nominated best director, recalls his Oscar night

October 2016

  • A key text for Black Lives Matter … Boyz N the Hood.

    Boyz N the Hood review – a blistering humanitarian classic that has not dated

  • The fruit of that 90s creative flowering was a generation of African-American performers who gained real Hollywood power.

    Black films matter – how African American cinema fought back against Hollywood

July 2016

  • PBS 'The Talk' Panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour, Day 1, Los Angeles, USA - 28 Jul 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/Variety/REX/Shutterstock (5807023e) John Singleton PBS 'The Talk' Panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour, Day 1, Los Angeles, USA - 28 Jul 2016

    John Singleton: police brutality 'goes all the way back to slavery'

    First African American to be nominated for best director Oscar calls police attitudes in the US symptomatic of ‘inherent, systemic racism’

June 2016

  • The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Presents “Spotlight On Screenwriting: Boyz n the Hood 25th Anniversary Screening With John Singleton And Walter Mosley”<br>NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Director John Singleton attends a discussion at the “Spotlight On Screenwriting: Boyz n the Hood 25th Anniversary Screening With John Singleton And Walter Mosley” presented by The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences at SVA on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

    John Singleton reflects on Boyz N the Hood: 'I didn't know anything'

    The film-maker, who made his debut with the Oscar-nominated classic, reflected on the making of the drama during a special screening, hosted by the Academy

April 2015

  • Tupac Shakur

    John Singleton: Tupac movie producers don't respect black culture

    The Boyz n the Hood director has quit the hip-hop biopic and been replaced by Carl Franklin

March 2014

  • John Singleton film director

    John Singleton accuses Hollywood of ignoring black directors

    Boyz N The Hood director says black culture depicted on film has been 'homogenised', writes Ben Child

February 2014

  • Director John Singleton

    Tupac biopic to be directed by John Singleton

    Ben Child: The director of Boyz n the Hood is also set to rewrite and produce long-awaited film on the life of rapper Tupac Shakur

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