Der am 6. Januar 1968 in Los Angeles geborene US-amerikanische Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent John Singleton (Bild) ist am 29. April 2019 ebenda gestorben. Als erster Afroamerikaner hatte er eine Oscar-Nomination im Bereich «Beste Regie» erhalten.
Foto: Canadian Film Centre, 2013 (Ausschnitt) – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Singleton_2013.jpg
‚Boyz n the Hood‘ Director John Singleton Dies at 51
John Singleton, writer-director of «Boyz n the Hood« and industry pioneer, who was the first African American to earn an Oscar nomination for best director, has died.
Cynthia Littleton
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/john-singleton-dies-dead-boyz-n-the-hood-1203200263/
John Singleton, Trailblazing Writer-Director of ‚Boyz N the Hood,‘ Dies at 51
He received two Oscar noms for his remarkable debut feature and went on to direct other projects including ‚Poetic Justice,‘ ‚Higher Learning‘ and ‚2 Fast 2 Furious.‘
Mike Barnes
Looking back at John Singleton’s life and career
John Singleton, a versatile director who made a splash with «Boyz n the Hood» and went on to a variety of projects – including «2 Fast 2 Furious» – died Monday after suffering a stroke.
https://edition.cnn.com/entertainment/live-news/john-singleton-dead/index.html
Singleton, who was the first African American to be nominated for the best director Oscar, led a resurgence in mainstream black film-making in the 1990s
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/29/john-singleton-boyz-n-the-hood-director-dies-aged-51
Gleich für sein Debüt «Boyz n the Hood» wurde Singleton 1992 für den Oscar nominiert. Damit war er der erste Afroamerikaner, dem diese Ehre in der Kategorie «Beste Regie» zuteil wurde.
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