John Singleton

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Boyz n the Hood (1991); Baby Boy (2001); 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003); Four Brothers (2005); Billions. Count them as writer (1 film), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Margin Call (2011): 2 lines

career (career) · through Billions, which they directed: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says Margin Call reaffirmed how he and Dave had thought about these people, and made a hedge-fund story make more sense than a bank story.
“margin call may be reaffirmed that the way Dave and I thought about these people, as we'd met them, was pretty much like the way a lot of them are”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Billions, which they directed: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer.
“this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Hollywood opportunities: 1 line

industry (industry) · through Boyz n the Hood (1991), which they directed: Boyz n the Hood ⇒ Hollywood opportunities (the host's read). Without Boyz n the Hood the filmmakers getting opportunities now would not have them.
“would just would not have those opportunities, if not for a movie like Boys in the Hood”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:13:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): John Singleton → 2 Fast 2 Furious. Sean softened on the film thinking about Singleton's career, diversity and tone it introduced.
“I think about the context of John Singleton's career”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (people): John Singleton → Billions. Singleton directed an episode of Billions for Brian.
“John directed episode 7 of season 2 of Billions.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:14:03 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

unmapped (champion): John Singleton → Taraji P. Henson. Singleton cast her in Baby Boy, produced Hustle and Flow with her, and cast her in Four Brothers.
“Singleton really made a concerted effort to try to single-handedly make her a movie star”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about John Singleton: Brian and Levine were slated to work with Singleton; he was due to meet them the week he died.
“And he was supposed to fly into New York to meet with Dave and me the week that he died.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:17:14 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)