John Sayles
Directing • Born 1950-09-28
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Filmography
56 credits
Passion Fish
Movie • 1992
Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
Little Vegas
Movie • 1990
Mike
The Howling
Movie • 1981
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Matewan
Movie • 1987
Hardshell Preacher
Piranha
Movie • 1978
Army Sentry (uncredited)
Matinee
Movie • 1993
Bob
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie • 1984
Man in Black
Eight Men Out
Movie • 1988
Ring Lardner
In the Electric Mist
Movie • 2009
Michael Goldman
Straight Talk
Movie • 1992
Guy Girardi
Casting By
Movie • 2012
Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Movie • 1997
Self
Lianna
Movie • 1983
Jerry
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
Movie • 2008
Self
The Normals
Movie • 2012
Dr. Marx
The Toe Tactic
Movie • 2009
Cramden
Sunshine State
Movie • 2002
Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
Unnatural Causes
Movie • 1986
Lloyd
That Guy Dick Miller
Movie • 2014
Self
Untamagiru
Movie • 1989
US High Commissioner
Edge of Outside
Movie • 2006
Self
Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
FBI Agent
Hard Choices
Movie • 1985
Don
Something Wild
Movie • 1986
Motorcycle Cop
John Sayles and Gregory Nava
Movie • 2024
Themself
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Movie • 1980
Howie
Great Directors
Movie • 2009
Self
Honeydripper
Movie • 2007
Zeke
Gridlock'd
Movie • 1997
Cop #1
The Umbrella
Movie • 2016
Pastor Jim
A Constant Forge
Movie • 2000
Self
My Life's in Turnaround
Movie • 1994
Marginal producer
City of Hope
Movie • 1991
Carl
Algren
Movie • 2021
Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Movie • 2004
Self
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
Movie • 2015
Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Movie • 2006
Self
Them That Work
Movie • 2019
Self
Corman's World
Movie • 2011
Self - Filmmaker
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Movie • 2020
Self
La fine della notte
Movie • 1989
Wayne
Texas Red
Movie • 2021
Governor Johnson (voice)
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Movie • 2003
Alligator Author
Movie • 2007
Self
Girlfight
Movie • 2000
Science Teacher
Corona Film Club
Movie • 2021
Self
When It Was a Game 3
Movie • 2000
Self (voice)
An Ode to Mary Jo
Movie
Square One Television
TV • 1987
Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV • 2010
Self
Shannon's Deal
TV • 1990
Ronnie Nash
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV • 2011
Self
Independent Focus
TV • 1998
Self
Baseball
TV • 1994
Self
Scene by Scene
TV • 1997
Self
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Chief Hal