# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-singleton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:45.194Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-singleton"
name: "John Singleton"
slug: "john-singleton"
description: "John Daniel Singleton 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 nominee in the category."
tagline: "American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1968–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Singleton_2000.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1968-01-06"
deathDate: "2019-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump