John Sayles

Biography

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

Directed

1. Lone Star (1996) — Director
2. Eight Men Out (1988) — Director
3. Matewan (1987) — Director
4. The Brother from Another Planet (1984) — Director
5. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) — Director
6. Silver City (2004) — Director
7. Limbo (1999) — Director
8. Passion Fish (1992) — Director
9. Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) — Director
10. Sunshine State (2002) — Director
11. Baby It's You (1983) — Director
12. Honeydripper (2007) — Director
13. City of Hope (1991) — Director
14. Lianna (1983) — Director
15. Casa de los Babys (2003) — Director
16. Men with Guns (1998) — Director
17. Amigo (2011) — Director
18. Go for Sisters (2013) — Director
19. Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (2001) — Director
20. Mountain View (1989) — Director
21. I Passed This Way — Director

Also appeared in

1. Malcolm X (1992) — FBI Agent
2. The Howling (1981) — Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
3. Piranha (1978) — Army Sentry (uncredited)
4. Poker Face (2023) — Chief Hal
5. In the Electric Mist (2009) — Michael Goldman
6. Something Wild (1986) — Motorcycle Cop
7. Matinee (1993) — Bob
8. Eight Men Out (1988) — Ring Lardner
9. Gridlock'd (1997) — Cop #1
10. Girlfight (2000) — Science Teacher
11. Matewan (1987) — Hardshell Preacher
12. The Brother from Another Planet (1984) — Man in Black
13. Corman's World (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
14. Straight Talk (1992) — Guy Girardi
15. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) — Self
16. Passion Fish (1992) — Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
17. Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) — Howie
18. Casting By (2012) — Self
19. Sunshine State (2002) — Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
20. Baseball (1994) — Self
21. Honeydripper (2007) — Zeke
22. City of Hope (1991) — Carl
23. Lianna (1983) — Jerry
24. That Guy Dick Miller (2014) — Self
25. Great Directors (2009) — Self
26. A Constant Forge (2000) — Self
27. Tell Them Who You Are (2004) — Self
28. Square One Television (1987) — Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
29. Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010) — Self
30. Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (2008) — Self
31. Unnatural Causes (1986) — Lloyd
32. Untamagiru (1989) — US High Commissioner
33. My Life's in Turnaround (1994) — Marginal producer
34. Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020) — Self
35. Texas Red (2021) — Governor Johnson (voice)
36. The Normals (2012) — Dr. Marx
37. The Toe Tactic (2009) — Cramden
38. Edge of Outside (2006) — Self
39. Hard Choices (1985) — Don
40. Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (2020) — Self