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John Sayles

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

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Directing

1980

[ ] Return of the Secaucus Seven (Director)

1983

[ ] Baby It's You (Director)
[ ] Lianna (Director)

1984

[ ] The Brother from Another Planet (Director)

1987

[ ] Matewan (Director)

1988

[ 5/10 ] Eight Men Out (Director)

1989

[ ] Mountain View (Director)

1991

[ ] City of Hope (Director)

1992

[ ] Passion Fish (Director)

1994

[ ] The Secret of Roan Inish (Director)

1996

[ ] Lone Star (Director)

1998

[ ] Men with Guns (Director)

1999

[ ] Limbo (Director)

2001

[ ] Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (Director)

2002

[ ] Sunshine State (Director)

2003

[ ] Casa de los Babys (Director)

2004

[ ] Silver City (Director)

2007

[ ] Honeydripper (Director)

2011

[ ] Amigo (Director)

2013

[ ] Go for Sisters (Director)

Editing

1980

[ ] Return of the Secaucus Seven (Editor)

1983

[ ] Lianna (Editor)

1984

[ ] The Brother from Another Planet (Editor)

1991

[ ] City of Hope (Editor)

1992

[ ] Passion Fish (Editor)

1994

[ ] The Secret of Roan Inish (Editor)

1996

[ ] Lone Star (Editor)

1998

[ ] Men with Guns (Editor)

1999

[ ] Limbo (Editor)

2002

[ ] Sunshine State (Editor)

2003

[ ] Casa de los Babys (Editor)

2004

[ ] Silver City (Editor)

2007

[ ] Honeydripper (Editor)

2011

[ ] Amigo (Editor)

2013

[ ] Go for Sisters (Editor)

Writing

1978

[ ] Piranha (Screenplay)
[ ] Piranha (Story)

1979

[ ] The Lady in Red (Writer)

1980

[ ] Alligator (Screenplay)
[ ] Alligator (Story)
[ ] Return of the Secaucus Seven (Writer)
[ ] Battle Beyond the Stars (Story)
[ ] A Perfect Match (Teleplay)
[ ] Battle Beyond the Stars (Screenplay)

1981

[ 6/10 ] The Howling (Screenplay)

1982

[ ] The Challenge (Writer)

1983

[ ] Lianna (Writer)
[ ] Baby It's You (Screenplay)
[ ] Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (Writer)

1984

[ ] The Brother from Another Planet (Screenplay)

1986

[ ] The Clan of the Cave Bear (Screenplay)
[ ] Unnatural Causes (Writer)
[ ] Unnatural Causes (Teleplay)

1987

[ ] Matewan (Writer)
[ ] Wild Thing (Screenplay)
[ ] Wild Thing (Story)

1988

[ 5/10 ] Eight Men Out (Writer)

1989

[ ] Shannon's Deal (Writer)
[ ] Breaking In (Writer)

1991

[ ] City of Hope (Writer)

1992

[ ] Passion Fish (Writer)

1994

[ ] The Secret of Roan Inish (Screenplay)
[ ] Men of War (Screenplay)

1995

[ ] Piranha (Story)

1996

[ ] Lone Star (Writer)

1998

[ ] Men with Guns (Writer)

1999

[ ] Limbo (Writer)

2002

[ ] Sunshine State (Writer)

2003

[ ] Casa de los Babys (Writer)

2004

[ ] Silver City (Writer)

2007

[ ] Honeydripper (Writer)

2008

[ ] The Spiderwick Chronicles (Screenplay)

2011

[ ] Amigo (Writer)

2013

[ ] Go for Sisters (Writer)

2016

[ ] Dr. Del (Writer)

2019

[ ] Sonora: The Devil’s Highway (Writer)

????

[ ] Django Lives! (Writer)

Crew

1997

[ ] Mimic (Additional Writing)

2016

[ ] Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (Thanks)

2019

[ ] Them That Work (Thanks)

Production

1999

[ ] Little Saints (Executive Producer)

2000

[ ] Girlfight (Executive Producer)

2007

[ ] My Mexican Shivah (Executive Producer)

2015

[ ] Talents (Executive Producer)

2016

[ ] Elsie Hooper (Executive Producer)
[ ] Dr. Del (Executive Producer)

2019

[ ] The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (Executive Producer)

????

[ ] Grendel (Executive Producer)

Actor

1978

[ ] Piranha (Army Sentry (uncredited))

1980

[ ] Return of the Secaucus Seven (Howie)

1981

[ 6/10 ] The Howling (Morgue Attendant (uncredited))

1983

[ ] Lianna (Jerry)

1984

[ ] The Brother from Another Planet (Man in Black)

1985

[ ] Hard Choices (Don)

1986

[ ] Unnatural Causes (Lloyd)
[ ] Something Wild (Motorcycle Cop)

1987

[ ] Matewan (Hardshell Preacher)

1988

[ 5/10 ] Eight Men Out (Ring Lardner)

1989

[ ] Untamagiru (US High Commissioner)
[ ] La fine della notte (Wayne)

1990

[ ] Little Vegas (Mike)

1991

[ ] City of Hope (Carl)

1992

[ ] Passion Fish (Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited))
[ ] Straight Talk (Guy Girardi)
[ ] Malcolm X (FBI Agent)

1993

[ ] Matinee (Bob)

1994

[ ] My Life's in Turnaround (Marginal producer)

1997

[ ] Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (Self)
[ ] Gridlock'd (Cop #1)

2000

[ ] A Constant Forge (Self)
[ ] Girlfight (Science Teacher)
[ ] When It Was a Game 3 (Self (voice))

2002

[ ] Sunshine State (Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited))

2003

[ ] Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ (????)

2004

[ ] Tell Them Who You Are (Self)

2006

[ ] Edge of Outside (Self)
[ ] Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (Self)

2007

[ ] Honeydripper (Zeke)
[ ] Alligator Author (Self)

2008

[ ] Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (Self)

2009

[ ] In the Electric Mist (Michael Goldman)
[ ] The Toe Tactic (Cramden)
[ ] Great Directors (Self)

2011

[ ] Corman's World (Self - Filmmaker)

2012

[ ] Casting By (Self)
[ ] The Normals (Dr. Marx)

2014

[ ] That Guy Dick Miller (Self)

2015

[ ] The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence (Self)

2016

[ ] The Umbrella (Pastor Jim)

2019

[ ] Them That Work (Self)

2020

[ ] Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (Self)

2021

[ ] Algren (Self)
[ ] Texas Red (Governor Johnson (voice))
[ ] Corona Film Club (Self)

2024

[ ] John Sayles and Gregory Nava (Themself)

????

[ ] An Ode to Mary Jo (????)