
John Sayles
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
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Acting (45 movies)

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

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

Girlfight
2000

Corona Film Club
2021

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022
Directing (20 movies)

City of Hope
1991

Mountain View
1989

Matewan
1987

The Brother from Another Planet
1984

Lone Star
1996

Passion Fish
1992

The Secret of Roan Inish
1994

Baby It's You
1983

Honeydripper
2007

Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980

Limbo
1999

Men with Guns
1998

Casa de los Babys
2003

Silver City
2004

Amigo
2011

Sunshine State
2002

Lianna
1983

Go for Sisters
2013

Eight Men Out
1988

Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Piranha | 1978 | Screenplay | 
| The Lady in Red | 1979 | Writer | 
| Return of the Secaucus Seven | 1980 | Writer | 
| Battle Beyond the Stars | 1980 | Screenplay | 
| Alligator | 1980 | Screenplay | 
| The Howling | 1981 | Screenplay | 
| The Challenge | 1982 | Writer | 
| Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | 1983 | Writer | 
| Lianna | 1983 | Writer | 
| Baby It's You | 1983 | Screenplay | 
| The Brother from Another Planet | 1984 | Screenplay | 
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | 1986 | Screenplay | 
| Unnatural Causes | 1986 | Writer | 
| Wild Thing | 1987 | Screenplay | 
| Matewan | 1987 | Writer | 
| Eight Men Out | 1988 | Writer | 
| Shannon's Deal | 1989 | Writer | 
| Breaking In | 1989 | Writer | 
| City of Hope | 1991 | Writer | 
| Passion Fish | 1992 | Writer | 
| The Secret of Roan Inish | 1994 | Screenplay | 
| Men of War | 1994 | Screenplay | 
| Lone Star | 1996 | Writer | 
| Men with Guns | 1998 | Writer | 
| Little Saints | 1999 | Executive Producer | 
| Limbo | 1999 | Writer | 
| Girlfight | 2000 | Executive Producer | 
| Sunshine State | 2002 | Writer | 
| Casa de los Babys | 2003 | Writer | 
| Silver City | 2004 | Writer | 
| Honeydripper | 2007 | Writer | 
| My Mexican Shivah | 2007 | Executive Producer | 
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2008 | Screenplay | 
| Amigo | 2011 | Writer | 
| Go for Sisters | 2013 | Writer | 
| Talents | 2015 | Executive Producer | 
| Elsie Hooper | 2016 | Executive Producer | 
| Dr. Del | 2016 | Writer | 
| Dr. Del | 2016 | Executive Producer | 
| The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot | 2019 | Executive Producer | 
| Sonora: The Devil’s Highway | 2019 | Writer |