John Sayles
Department: Directing
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Known For
Passion Fish
1992
Little Vegas
1990
The Howling
1981
Matewan
1987
Piranha
1978
Matinee
1993
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
Eight Men Out
1988
In the Electric Mist
2009
Straight Talk
1992
Casting By
2012
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Lianna
1983
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
The Normals
2012
The Toe Tactic
2009
Sunshine State
2002
Unnatural Causes
1986
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
Untamagiru
1989
Edge of Outside
2006
Malcolm X
1992
Hard Choices
1985
Something Wild
1986
John Sayles and Gregory Nava
2024
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
Great Directors
2009
Honeydripper
2007
Gridlock'd
1997
The Umbrella
2016
A Constant Forge
2000
My Life's in Turnaround
1994
City of Hope
1991
Algren
2021
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
2015
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
Them That Work
2019
Corman's World
2011
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
La fine della notte
1989
Texas Red
2021
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
Alligator Author
2007
Girlfight
2000
Corona Film Club
2021
When It Was a Game 3
2000
An Ode to Mary Jo
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Square One Television
1987
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
Shannon's Deal
1990
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
Independent Focus
1998
Baseball
1994
Scene by Scene
1997
Poker Face
2023