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| 3 | ->''"I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies."'' |
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| 5 | John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 – April 29, 2019) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. |
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| 7 | He's probably best known for directing ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'' and ''Film/Shaft2000''. For the former, he was nominated for an [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestDirecting Academy Award for Best Director]] at age 24; he was the first African American and youngest person to ever be nominated for the award, and still holds both titles. |
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| 9 | From 1996–97, he was married to Ghanaian actress, director, and writer Akosua Busia, with whom he had a daughter. |
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| 11 | Singleton suddenly suffered a stroke on April 17, 2019. He eventually died of complications following the incident 11 days later at the age of 51. |
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| 13 | !!Filmography as director: |
| 14 | [[index]] |
| 15 | * ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'' (1991) |
| 16 | * ''Music/RememberTheTime'' (1992) |
| 17 | * ''Film/PoeticJustice'' (1993) |
| 18 | * ''Film/HigherLearning'' (1995) |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Rosewood|1997}}'' (1997) |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Shaft|2000}}'' (2000) |
| 21 | * ''Film/BabyBoy'' (2001) |
| 22 | * ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'' (2003) |
| 23 | * ''Film/FourBrothers'' (2005) |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Abduction}}'' (2011) |
| 25 | * ''Series/{{Snowfall}}'' (2017–19) |
| 26 | [[/index]] |
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