We lost the great filmmaker John Singleton today, after his family made the difficult decision to take him off of life support. Singleton was a pioneer in his craft as writer-director and TV producer. He was the youngest person to have ever been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director (“Boyz n the Hood”). He also directed and produced big blockbuster films like “2 Fast 2 Furious,” “Shaft,” and “Four Brothers.” Singleton has stated that some of his biggest influences in film include the Star Wars franchise and the world of Steven Spielberg. He was 51 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We lost the great filmmaker John Singleton today, after his family made the difficult decision to take him off of life support. Singleton was a pioneer in his craft as writer-director and TV producer. He was the youngest person to have ever been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director (“Boyz n the Hood”). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1054,1052],"class_list":["post-10801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power-of-art-cat","tag-culture","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"\n