Producer, director and screenwriter, John Singleton recently directed 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) starring Paul Walker, R&B singer Tyrese, Eva Mendes and Cole Hauser. He wrote, produced and directed Baby Boy, starring Tyrese, Ving Rhames, Snoop Dogg and newcomer Taraji P. Henson. Baby Boy has received four NAACP nominations. He also wrote, produced and directed Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson for Paramount Pictures. Before that, he directed Rosewood starring Jon Voight and Ving Rhames. Prior to that he wrote, produced and directed Higher Learning starring Omar Epps and Laurence Fishburne and wrote, produced and directed Poetic Justice starring Janet Jackson.

While Singleton was attending the Filmic Writing Program at The University of Southern California, he won three writing awards from the University, which led to a contract with Creative Artists Agency during his sophomore year. He was also a recipient of the John Nicholson Award in 1989 and 1990 and the Robert Riskin Award in 1989. 

Singleton exploded onto the scene with his first film, Boyz N the Hood (1991), a tough, intelligent, plain speaking look at friends in gang-ridden South Central L.A. The film earned him Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director and Singleton became the first African-American and youngest filmmaker ever to do so. Singleton has won numerous awards such as the LAFCA New Generation Award in 1991, the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker in 1992, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Director (Boyz N the Hood) in 1991, the ShoWest Award for Screenwriter of the Year and the Special Award for Director Debut of the Year, 1992. He has also directed a few television commercials for Coca-Cola and AT&T with D.L Hughley. On September 6, 2003, Mr. John Singleton received a star on Hollywood Boulevard.