John Sayles
🎬 Director

John Sayles

🎂 Born 28 September 1950 (age 75)📍 Schenectady, New York, USA
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Acting Credits
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John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.

Known For

Malcolm X
★ 7.6
Malcolm X
1992
FBI Agent
Piranha
★ 6.0
Piranha
1978
Army Sentry (uncredited)
The Howling
★ 6.6
The Howling
1981
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Something Wild
★ 6.6
Something Wild
1986
Motorcycle Cop

Directed Films(20)

Lone Star
★ 7.0
Lone Star
1996
Director
Eight Men Out
★ 6.8
Eight Men Out
1988
Director
Passion Fish
★ 7.0
Passion Fish
1992
Director
Honeydripper
★ 5.9
Honeydripper
2007
Director
Matewan
★ 7.4
Matewan
1987
Director
Baby It's You
★ 6.0
Baby It's You
1983
Director
Silver City
★ 6.1
Silver City
2004
Director
Limbo
★ 6.6
Limbo
1999
Director
City of Hope
★ 6.8
City of Hope
1991
Director
The Secret of Roan Inish
★ 6.7
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
Director
The Brother from Another Planet
★ 6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
Director
Amigo
★ 4.9
Amigo
2011
Director
Sunshine State
★ 6.4
Sunshine State
2002
Director
Return of the Secaucus Seven
★ 6.5
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
Director
Men with Guns
★ 6.3
Men with Guns
1998
Director
Lianna
★ 6.4
Lianna
1983
Director
Casa de los Babys
★ 5.5
Casa de los Babys
2003
Director
Go for Sisters
★ 6.0
Go for Sisters
2013
Director
Mountain View
Mountain View
1989
Director
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
★ 6.2
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001
Director

Full Filmography(45 films)

YearTitleRating
1992Malcolm X★ 7.61978Piranha★ 6.01981The Howling★ 6.61986Something Wild★ 6.61997Gridlock'd★ 6.61988Eight Men Out★ 6.81992Straight Talk★ 6.02009In the Electric Mist★ 6.12011Corman's World★ 7.12012Casting By★ 6.91992Passion Fish★ 7.02007Honeydripper★ 5.92000Girlfight★ 6.51987Matewan★ 7.41993Matinee★ 6.71989Untamagiru★ 4.61991City of Hope★ 6.81984The Brother from Another Planet★ 6.72002Sunshine State★ 6.41980Return of the Secaucus Seven★ 6.51983Lianna★ 6.42012The Normals★ 6.01990Little Vegas★ 5.02021Texas Red★ 2.72000A Constant Forge★ 6.82004Tell Them Who You Are★ 6.12014That Guy Dick Miller★ 7.02006Edge of Outside★ 5.82020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi★ 6.42021Corona Film Club★ 5.02009Great Directors★ 6.11997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western★ 7.02009The Toe Tactic★ 4.01986Unnatural Causes★ 7.42015The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence—1985Hard Choices★ 3.82019Them That Work—2021Algren★ 6.02006Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States—1994My Life's in Turnaround★ 4.82003Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’★ 7.02016The Umbrella—2008Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press★ 4.41989La fine della notte★ 7.02024John Sayles and Gregory Nava—
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