John Singleton
Producer

John Singleton Net Worth

John Singleton was born in Los Angeles, California in 1968. After graduating from high school in 1986, he attended the Film Writing Program at USC, where he won three writing awards. This led to a contract with Creative Artists Agency and Columbia Pictures bought his script for Boyz n the Hood (1991). Singleton drew on his own experiences in South Central LA for the story and credits his parents with keeping him off the street.
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Who is it? Producer, Writer, Director
Birth Day January 06, 1968
Birth Place  Los Angeles, California, United States
Age 55 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active 1991 - present
Spouse(s) Akosua Busia (1996–1997)
Children 4

💰 Net worth: $15 Million (2024)

John Singleton, a renowned producer, writer, and director in the United States, is projected to have a net worth of $15 million in 2024. Singleton made significant contributions to the American film industry with his exceptional storytelling and innovative techniques. He gained widespread recognition for his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed film "Boyz n the Hood" in 1991, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, making him the youngest nominee in that category at the age of 24. Since then, Singleton has successfully worked on numerous influential projects, and his exceptional talent has contributed to his impressive net worth.

Biography/Timeline

1990

Singleton was born in Los Angeles, the son of Sheila Ward-Johnson, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and Danny Singleton, a real estate agent, mortgage broker, and financial planner. He attended Blair High School, Pasadena City College and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He graduated from USC in 1990, and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Singleton was enrolled in the University of Southern California's Filmic Writing program under Margaret Mehring and her now-famous curriculum. The program was designed to take students directly into the Hollywood system as proficient writer/directors.

1991

Singleton's 1991 film debut Boyz n the Hood, an inner city drama starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ice Cube, and Laurence Fishburne, was both a significant critical and commercial success. For his efforts, Singleton received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. At age 24 he was the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director, and the first African-American to be nominated for the award (four others, Lee Daniels, Steve McQueen, Barry Jenkins and Jordan Peele, have been nominated since). The film has since attained classic status and, in 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

1992

He has four children. John has a daughter named Justice Maya Singleton (born on October 17, 1992) with former wife Tosha Lewis, as well as a son, Maasai Mohandas Singleton (born April 3, 1994).

1993

Singleton's follow-up films Poetic Justice (1993) and Higher Learning (1995) were similarly socially conscious and received mixed to positive reviews. Singleton also directed the video for Michael Jackson's 1991 single "Remember The Time", which featured Eddie Murphy, Iman and Magic Johnson.

1996

On October 12, 1996, John married Ghanaian Actress Akosua Gyamama Busia, who is the daughter of Ghana's second Prime Minister Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia. They have a daughter named Hadar Singleton, born on April 3, 1997, who appeared in Tears of the Sun (2003) and other films. Singleton and Busia divorced in June 1997. Singleton also has a daughter, Cleopatra Singleton, who was born in 1998.

1997

In 1997, his film Rosewood, a historical drama about racial violence, was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. Both this and his 2001 film Baby Boy received very positive reviews and helped establish Singleton's critical reputation. Additionally, his adaptation of Shaft (2000), starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role, was successful critically and commercially.

2003

Singleton has since turned to directing action films, such as 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and Four Brothers (2005), which have for the most part received mixed to negative reviews.

2005

In 2005, Singleton teamed with Craig Brewer and financed the independent film Hustle and Flow, once it was clear that most other major backers would not clear it for release.

2007

On August 23, 2007, Singleton was involved in an automobile accident in which he struck a jaywalking pedestrian, Constance Russell, 57, of Los Angeles. Staying on the scene until police arrived, Singleton was not under the influence of alcohol or other substances, and was released after being questioned. Russell died later in the hospital. The case was turned over to the District Attorney but no charges were filed.

2014

On March 19, 2014, Singleton criticized popular studios for "refusing to let African-Americans direct black-themed films". Singleton told an audience of students at Loyola Marymount University "They ain't letting the black people tell the stories." He also added, "They want black people [to be] what they want them to be. And nobody is man enough to go and say that. They want black people to be who they want them to be, as opposed to what they are. The black films now — so-called black films now — they're great. They're great films. But they're just product. They're not moving the bar forward creatively. … When you try to make it homogenized, when you try to make it appeal to everybody, then you don't have anything that's special."

2015

In 2013, it was announced that Singleton was attached as Director of the Tupac Shakur biography film. On April 3, 2015, Singleton reported that production was put on hold. Four days later, it was announced that following creative differences with Morgan Creek Productions, Singleton had stepped down as Director, and was replaced by Carl Franklin. Singleton also stated he was planning on making a competing film about Tupac.

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