Personal Info
Birthday
September 28, 1950
Place of Birth
Schenectady, New York, USA
Known For
Directing
John Sayles
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Directed Movies (20)
6.0
Go for Sisters
Movie2013
4.9
Amigo
Movie2011
5.9
Honeydripper
Movie2007
6.1
Silver City
Movie2004
5.5
Casa de los Babys
Movie2003
6.4
Sunshine State
Movie2002
6.2
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
Movie2001
6.6
Limbo
Movie1999
6.3
Men with Guns
Movie1998
7.0
Lone Star
Movie1996
6.7
The Secret of Roan Inish
Movie1994
7.0
Passion Fish
Movie1992
6.6
City of Hope
Movie1991
No Backdrop
0.0
Mountain View
Movie1989
6.8
Eight Men Out
Movie1988
7.3
Matewan
Movie1987
6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie1984
6.0
Baby It's You
Movie1983
6.4
Lianna
Movie1983
6.5
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Movie1980
Acting Filmography (53)
No Backdrop
0.0
John Sayles and Gregory Nava
Movie2024
7.4
Poker Face
TV Series2023
No Backdrop
6.0
Algren
Movie2021
5.0
Corona Film Club
Movie2021
2.7
Texas Red
Movie2021
No Backdrop
6.4
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Movie2020
7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
TV Series2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Them That Work
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
The Umbrella
Movie2016
0.0
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
Movie2015
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
Movie2014
No Backdrop
6.0
The Normals
Movie2012
6.9
Casting By
Movie2012
7.0
Corman's World
Movie2011
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV Series2011
5.4
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV Series2010
6.1
Great Directors
Movie2009
6.1
In the Electric Mist
Movie2009
No Backdrop
4.0
The Toe Tactic
Movie2009
4.4
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
Movie2008
5.9
Honeydripper
Movie2007
No Backdrop
5.8
Edge of Outside
Movie2006
0.0
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Movie2006
6.1
Tell Them Who You Are
Movie2004
No Backdrop
7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Movie2003
6.4
Sunshine State
Movie2002
6.8
A Constant Forge
Movie2000
6.6
Girlfight
Movie2000
No Backdrop
7.0
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Movie1997
6.0
Scene by Scene
TV Series1997
6.6
Gridlock'd
Movie1997
7.5
Baseball
TV Series1994
No Backdrop
4.8
My Life's in Turnaround
Movie1994
6.7
Matinee
Movie1993
7.0
Passion Fish
Movie1992
7.6
Malcolm X
Movie1992
6.0
Straight Talk
Movie1992
6.6
City of Hope
Movie1991
No Backdrop
5.0
Little Vegas
Movie1990
7.7
Shannon's Deal
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
4.6
Untamagiru
Movie1989
7.0
La fine della notte
Movie1989
6.8
Eight Men Out
Movie1988
7.3
Matewan
Movie1987
No Backdrop
5.6
Square One Television
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
7.4
Unnatural Causes
Movie1986
6.6
Something Wild
Movie1986
No Backdrop
3.8
Hard Choices
Movie1985
6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie1984
6.4
Lianna
Movie1983
6.6
The Howling
Movie1981
6.5
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Movie1980
6.0
Piranha
Movie1978