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 college-based 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Singleton has received more than 6,943,503 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 11,730th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,283rd in 2019) and the 454th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 6.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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 11,730 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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