Movie Credits
Luke Cage	(2006)
[ Terrence Howard ][ Tyrese Gibson ][ T.I. ]
Fear & Respect	(2006)
Four Brothers	(2005)
[ Josh Charles ][ Mark Wahlberg ][ Terrence Howard ][ Garrett Hedlund ][ Tyrese Gibson ]
2 Fast 2 Furious	(2003)
[ Tony Bolano ][ Corey Michael Eubanks ][ James Remar ][ Paul Walker ][ Tyrese Gibson ]
Baby Boy	(2001)
[ Tupac Shakur ][ Tyrese Gibson ][ Ving Rhames ][ Omar Gooding ]
Shaft	(2000)
[ Christian Bale ][ Evan Farmer ][ Dan Hedaya ][ Doug Hutchison ][ Richard Roundtree ]
Rosewood	(1997)
[ Bruce McGill ][ Robert Patrick ][ Jon Voight ][ Don Cheadle ][ Ving Rhames ]
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory	(1995)
[ Michael Jackson ][ Martin Scorsese ][ John Landis ]
Higher Learning	(1995)
[ Jason Wiles ][ Laurence Fishburne ][ Cole Hauser ][ Ice Cube ][ Omar Epps ]
Poetic Justice	(1993)
[ Billy Zane ][ Michael Rapaport ][ Clifton Collins Jr. ]
Dangerous: The Short Films	(1993)
[ Michael Jackson ][ Eddie Murphy ][ Macaulay Culkin ][ Dan Castellaneta ][ John Landis ]
Boyz n the Hood	(1991)
[ Laurence Fishburne ][ Cuba Gooding Jr. ][ Ice Cube ][ Morris Chestnut ][ Lionel Richie ]

Son of mortgage broker Danny Singleton and pharmaceutical company sales executive Sheila Ward and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Filmic Writing Program at USC after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three writing awards from the university, which lead to a contract with Creative Artists Agency during his sophomore year. Columbia Pictures bought his script for Boyz n the Hood (1991) and budgeted it at million. Singleton notes that much of the story comes from his own experiences in South Central LA and credits his parents with keeping him off the street. His subsequent films have not been as well-received by audiences or critics as his first effort.