John Sayles
- Directing
- September 28, 1950 · Schenectady, New York, USA
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Known for
Filmography
- The Gray House · Writer, Creator
- John Sayles and Gregory Nava · Themself
- Poker Face · Chief Hal
- Algren · Self
- Corona Film Club · Self
- Texas Red · Governor Johnson (Voice)
- Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi · Self
- Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time · Self
- Them That Work · Self, Thanks
- Sonora: The Devil’s Highway · Writer
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot · Executive producer
- The Alienist · Teleplay, Consulting Producer
- The Umbrella · Pastor Jim
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny · Thanks
- Elsie Hooper · Executive producer
- Dr. Del · Executive producer, Writer
- Talents · Executive producer
- The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence · Self
- That Guy Dick Miller · Self
- Go for Sisters · Director, Writer
- The Normals · Dr. Marx
- Casting By · Self
- Corman's World · Self
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey · Self
- Amigo · Editing, Director
- Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood · Self
- Great Directors · Self
- In the Electric Mist · Michael Goldman
- The Toe Tactic · Cramden
- Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press · Self
- The Spiderwick Chronicles · Screenplay
- My Mexican Shivah · Executive producer
- Alligator Author · Self
- Honeydripper · Zeke, Director
- Edge of Outside · Self
- Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States · Self
- Silver City · Director, Writer
- Tell Them Who You Are · Self
- Casa de los Babys · Editing, Director
- Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
- Sunshine State · Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited), Director
- Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 · Director
- A Constant Forge · Self
- Girlfight · Science Teacher, Executive producer
- When It Was a Game 3 · Self
- Limbo · Director, Writer
- Little Saints · Executive producer
- Independent Focus · Self
- Men with Guns · Writer, Director
- Mimic · Additional Writing
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western · Self
- Scene by Scene · Self
- Gridlock'd · Cop #1
- Lone Star · Editing, Director
- Piranha · Story
- Baseball · Self
- Men of War · Screenplay
- My Life's in Turnaround · Marginal producer
- The Secret of Roan Inish · Screenplay, Director
- Matinee · Bob
- Passion Fish · Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited), Writer
- Malcolm X · FBI Agent
- Straight Talk · Guy Girardi
- City of Hope · Carl, Director
- Little Vegas · Mike
- Shannon's Deal · Ronnie Nash, Writer
- Breaking In · Writer
- Untamagiru · US High Commissioner
- La fine della notte · Wayne
- Mountain View · Director
- Shannon's Deal · Writer
- Eight Men Out · Ring Lardner, Director
- Matewan · Hardshell Preacher, Director
- Wild Thing · Screenplay, Story
- Square One Television · Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
- Unnatural Causes · Lloyd, Writer
- Something Wild · Motorcycle Cop
- The ChuckleHounds · Writer
- The Clan of the Cave Bear · Screenplay
- Hard Choices · Don