FILM DIRECTOR

John Singleton

1968 - 2019

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John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 – April 28, 2019) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and directing Boyz n the Hood (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming, at age 24, the first African American and youngest person to have ever been nominated for that award.Singleton went on to write and direct other films, such as the romantic drama Poetic Justice (1993), the socially conscious drama Higher Learning (1995), the historical drama Rosewood (1997), the crime film Shaft (2000), the coming-of-age drama Baby Boy (2001) and the action films 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), and Four Brothers (2005). In television, he co-created the television crime drama Snowfall and directed episodes of shows such as Empire, Rebel and the fifth episode of The People v. O.J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Singleton has received more than 6,383,244 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Singleton is the 1,612th most popular film director (down from 1,488th in 2019), the 11,721st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,283rd in 2019) and the 454th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Singletons by language

Over the past year John Singleton has had the most page views in the with 756,214 views, followed by French (39,701), and German (20,613). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (153.90%), Simple English (114.36%), and German (54.07%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Singleton ranks 1,612 out of 2,041. Before him are Kenneth Lonergan, Alain Guiraudie, Hito Steyerl, Brenda Chapman, Daniel Espinosa, and Ruben Fleischer. After him are John Hillcoat, Rick Rosenthal, Baran bo Odar, Adam Shankman, Fernando León de Aranoa, and Rakhshān Banietemad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, John Singleton ranks 433. Before him are Andy Jassy, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, Verona Pooth, Yoo Nam-kyu, Gabriel Porras, and Phill Lewis. After him are Mustafa Şentop, Hami Mandıralı, Igor Kolyvanov, Fernando León de Aranoa, Thomas G:son, and Jean-Philippe Gatien. Among people deceased in 2019, John Singleton ranks 528. Before him are Godfrey Gao, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Juan José Muñante, Sprent Dabwido, Phil Masinga, and Robert Ouko. After him are Gene Okerlund, Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, John McEnery, Stevie Chalmers, Charalambos Cholidis, and Dave Bartholomew.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Singleton ranks 11,721 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold L. Ickes (1874), Andrew Stevens (1955), John Kirby (1963), Jacqueline Obradors (1966), Arnold Kopelson (1935), and Frank Ocean (1987). After him are Emily Osment (1992), Rob Morrow (1962), Steve Kuhn (1938), James Gleason (1882), Jason Derulo (1989), and Shelley Hennig (1987).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Singleton ranks 454. Before him are Joe Carnahan (1969), Kevin S. Bright (1954), Robert Riskin (1897), Kenneth Lonergan (1962), Brenda Chapman (1962), and Ruben Fleischer (1974). After him are Rick Rosenthal (1949), Adam Shankman (1964), Rory Kennedy (1968), Robert Duncan McNeill (1964), Matthew Barney (1967), and Alex Kurtzman (1973).

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Filmography

2 Fast 2 Furious
Director
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.
Jun 5o 20036.489 / 10
Abduction
Director
A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.
Sep 22o 20115.87 / 10
Four Brothers
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Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Aug 11o 20056.758 / 10