Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three writing awards from the university, which led 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 $7 million. Singleton noted that much of the story comes from his own experiences in South Central LA and credited his parents with keeping him off the street.

John Singleton at an event for Abduction (2011)

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Jason Isaacs, John Singleton, and Taylor Lautner in Abduction (2011)

John Singleton and Peter Menzies Jr. in Four Brothers (2005)

Mark Wahlberg, John Singleton, André 3000, Tyrese Gibson, and Garrett Hedlund in Four Brothers (2005)

Mark Wahlberg, John Singleton, and André 3000 in Four Brothers (2005)

John Singleton in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

John Singleton and Franc. Reyes in Illegal Tender (2007)

Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, and Morris Chestnut in Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Mark Wahlberg, André 3000, Tyrese Gibson, and Garrett Hedlund in Four Brothers (2005)

Snoop Dogg and Tyrese Gibson in Baby Boy (2001)

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