DER US-AMERIKANISCHE FILMREGISSEUR UND PRODUZENT JOHN SINGLETON IST GESTORBEN

29.04.2019 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

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-singleton-dead-trailblazing-boyz-n-hood-writer-director-was-51-1203526

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.

brs/mmm/dpa

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/john-singleton-hollywood-regisseur-mit-51-jahren-gestorben-a-1265004.html

Mehr:

http://www.johnsingletonfilms.com/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005436/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singleton

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