Life and work
John Singleton was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born: 6 January 1968. Died: 28 April 2019. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Director · Writer/Creator · 1968–2019
John Singleton
John Singleton was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born on 6 January 1968, this profile follows John Singleton through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Boyz n the Hood (1991). The location trail reaches Crenshaw Boulevard, Former Coley’s Kitchen and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Boyz n the Hood · Crenshaw Boulevard
John Singleton is credited as director and writer on Boyz n the Hood. The work’s existing location story leads to Crenshaw Boulevard. Crenshaw is the setting for the cruising scenes. This area reference identifies the boulevard, not an exact parking position or a route for recreating the film.
Boyz n the Hood — credits ↗︎Boyz n the Hood · Crenshaw Boulevard ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 3 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza ↗︎
Filming location · the parking-lot sequence
The shopping centre parking lot appears in the film’s late revenge sequence. This is a historical filming reference within a working commercial site.
3650 W Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Former Coley’s Kitchen ↗︎
Former filming location · the parents’ conversation
The former Coley’s Kitchen on Crenshaw became the restaurant where Furious and Reva talk. The business and frontage have changed since the film.
4335 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Crenshaw Boulevard ↗︎
Filming area · cruising on Crenshaw
Crenshaw is the setting for the cruising scenes. This area reference identifies the boulevard, not an exact parking position or a route for recreating the film.
Crenshaw Boulevard, South Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1968-01-06 2019-04-28
Born 6 January 1968
Died 28 April 2019
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Boyz n the Hood ↗︎
John Singleton
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
Boyz n the Hood ↗︎
John Singleton’s film follows family, friendship and choices through the streets and gathering places of South Los Angeles.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Laurence Fishburne ↗︎
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor. Born on 30 July 1961, this profile follows Laurence Fishburne through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), Boyz n the Hood (1991) and John Wick: Chapter 4 — Berlin (2023). The location trail reaches Royce Hall · UCLA, Crenshaw Boulevard and Former Coley’s Kitchen, with existing stories in Berlin. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Cuba Gooding Jr. ↗︎
Cuba Gooding Jr. is an American actor. Born on 2 January 1968, this profile follows Cuba Gooding Jr. through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Boyz n the Hood (1991) and Pearl Harbor (2001). The location trail reaches Crenshaw Boulevard, Former Coley’s Kitchen and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Morris Chestnut ↗︎
Morris Chestnut is an American actor. Born on 1 January 1969, this profile follows Morris Chestnut through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Boyz n the Hood (1991) and Goliath (2016). The location trail reaches Crenshaw Boulevard, Former Coley’s Kitchen and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.