John Sayles
Born: 1950-09-28 in Schenectady, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Sayles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- John Sayles and Gregory Nava as Themself
2023
- Poker Face as Chief Hal
2022
- 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
2021
- Texas Red as Governor Johnson (voice)
- Corona Film Club as Self
- Algren as Self
2020
2019
- Sonora: The Devil’s Highway ... (Writer)
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot ... (Executive Producer)
- Them That Work as Self
2018
- The Alienist ... (Teleplay)
2016
- Dr. Del ... (Writer)
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny ... (Thanks)
- The Umbrella as Pastor Jim
- Elsie Hooper ... (Executive Producer)
2015
- Talents ... (Executive Producer)
- The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence as Self
2014
- That Guy Dick Miller as Self
2013
- Go for Sisters ... (Director)
2012
- Casting By as Self
- The Normals as Dr. Marx
2011
- Amigo ... (Editor)
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
- Corman's World as Self - Filmmaker
2010
2009
- Great Directors as Self
- In the Electric Mist as Michael Goldman
- The Toe Tactic as Cramden
2008
- The Spiderwick Chronicles ... (Screenplay)
- Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press as Self
2007
- Alligator Author as Self
- My Mexican Shivah ... (Executive Producer)
- Honeydripper as Zeke
2006
2004
- Silver City ... (Director)
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
2003
2002
- Sunshine State as Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
2001
- Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 ... (Director)
2000
- Girlfight as Science Teacher
- A Constant Forge as Self
- When It Was a Game 3 as Self (voice)
1999
- Limbo ... (Director)
- Little Saints ... (Executive Producer)
1998
- Men with Guns ... (Director)
- Independent Focus as Self
1997
- Mimic ... (Additional Writing)
- Gridlock'd as Cop #1
- Scene by Scene as Self
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
1996
- Lone Star ... (Director)
1995
- Piranha ... (Story)
1994
- The Secret of Roan Inish ... (Director)
- Baseball as Self
- Men of War ... (Screenplay)
- My Life's in Turnaround as Marginal producer
1993
- Matinee as Bob
1992
- Malcolm X as FBI Agent
- Straight Talk as Guy Girardi
- Passion Fish as Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
1991
- City of Hope as Carl
1990
- Little Vegas as Mike
- Shannon's Deal as Ronnie Nash
1989
- Untamagiru as US High Commissioner
- Breaking In ... (Writer)
- La fine della notte as Wayne
- Shannon's Deal ... (Writer)
- Mountain View ... (Director)
1988
- Eight Men Out as Ring Lardner
1987
- Wild Thing ... (Screenplay)
- Matewan as Hardshell Preacher
- Square One Television as Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
1986
- Unnatural Causes as Lloyd
- The Clan of the Cave Bear ... (Screenplay)
- Something Wild as Motorcycle Cop
- The ChuckleHounds ... (Writer)
1985
- Hard Choices as Don
1984
- The Brother from Another Planet as Man in Black
1983
- Lianna as Jerry
- Baby It's You ... (Director)
- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute ... (Writer)
1982
- The Challenge ... (Writer)
1981
- The Howling as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1980
- Return of the Secaucus Seven as Howie
- Battle Beyond the Stars ... (Story)
- Alligator ... (Screenplay)
- A Perfect Match ... (Teleplay)
1979
- The Lady in Red ... (Writer)
1978
- Piranha as Army Sentry (uncredited)