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John Singleton on working as a production assistant/security guard on Pee-Wee's Playhouse 02:00
Interview: John Singleton | Genre: Children's Programming
John Singleton on cold-calling the writers of American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson to tell them he wanted to direct it 00:53
Interview: John Singleton | Genre: Drama Series
John Singleton on seeing the film "She's Gotta Have It," meeting Spike Lee and telling him, "I'm going to USC Film School in two weeks. Watch out for me. I'm coming" 02:39
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Spike Lee
John Singleton on seeing a screening of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories 02:00
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Spike Lee
John Singleton on his admiration for August Wilson 00:00
Interview: John Singleton | Person: August Wilson
John Singleton on casting Laurence Fishburne in "Boyz N the Hood," who he had met while working on Pee-Wee's Playhouse 01:06
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Laurence Fishburne
John Singleton on working as a production assistant/security guard on Pee-Wee's Playhouse and what he learned from Paul Reubens 00:53
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Paul Reubens
John Singleton on preparing to direct "Boyz N the Hood" by watching lots of other movies 01:14
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on directing being like "putting a puzzle together" and the difference between directing for film and television 00:50
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on wanting to have an all-black crew on "Boyz N the Hood" (with one exception) and his desire to have spontaneity in his filmmaking 02:54
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on the experience of filming "Boyz N the Hood" in a neighborhood that was not accustomed to having a film produced there, and shooting in his old neighborhood 02:04
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on how "Boyz N the Hood" added images and stories to the culture's ideas about Los Angeles and African Americans 01:32
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on African American culture around the time he was born (in 1968) and how that affected his parents' generation and his own generation in terms of their identity and their artistic pursuits 02:11
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on the importance of movies to him when he was growing up 02:36
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on knowing he wanted to be a filmmaker when he was a child: "There's no historical context for a person like me, coming from where I was, to make films. But I knew that that's what I wanted to do" 00:48
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on seeing a screening of "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories 01:59
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on meeting Ice Cube while he was interning at The Arsenio Hall Show and how that eventually led to him casting him in "Boyz N the Hood" 02:02
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on the experience of filming "Boyz N the Hood" in the neighborhood where he grew up 02:04
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on casting Laurence Fishburne in "Boyz N the Hood," who he had met while working on Pee-Wee's Playhouse 01:06
Interview: John Singleton | Show: Pee-Wee's Playhouse
John Singleton on working as a production assistant/security guard on Pee-Wee's Playhouse and what he learned from Paul Reubens 00:53
Interview: John Singleton | Show: Pee-Wee's Playhouse
John Singleton on being a director's intern on The Arsenio Hall Show and what the experience taught him about directing for television 02:08
Interview: John Singleton | Show: Arsenio Hall Show, The
John Singleton on The Arsenio Hall Show being the only variety show that would put on hip hop and R&B artists at that time 00:32
Interview: John Singleton | Show: Arsenio Hall Show, The
John Singleton on meeting Ice Cube while he was interning at The Arsenio Hall Show and how that eventually led to him casting him in "Boyz N the Hood" 02:25
Interview: John Singleton | Show: Arsenio Hall Show, The
John Singleton on cold-calling the writers of American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson to tell them he wanted to direct it 00:53
Interview: John Singleton | Show: American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
John Singleton on African American culture around the time he was born (in 1968) and how that affected his parents' generation and his own generation in terms of their identity and their artistic pursuits 02:11
Interview: John Singleton | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
John Singleton on how seeing "Star Wars" when he was nine made him understand what a director does 00:39
Interview: John Singleton | Topic: Creative Influences and Inspiration
John Singleton on how seeing "Star Wars" when he was nine made him understand what a director does 00:39
Interview: John Singleton | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments