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African-American screenwriters

  • Will SmithWillard Carroll Smith II arrived in the world on the 25th of September 1968. He grew up in the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia with his mother…
  • John SingletonJohn Daniel Singleton was born on the 6th of January 1968, in Los Angeles. His mother Shelia Ward-Johnson worked as a pharmaceutical company sales executive.
  • Donald GloverDonald McKinley Glover Jr. arrived at Edwards Air Force Base in California on the 25th of September 1983. His father worked as a postal worker stationed…
  • Justin SimienJustin Simien was born in Houston, Texas. He grew up Catholic and lost his father while he was still young. The family lived within the metro area of that…