Directing
John Sayles
Directing · Born 1950-09-28 · Schenectady, New York, USA
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Credits · 82
The Gray House
2026 · Writer
Poker Face
2023 · Chief Hal
FilmAlgren
2021 · Self
FilmCorona Film Club
2021 · Self
FilmTexas Red
2021 · Governor Johnson (voice)
FilmTime Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 · Self
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · Self
FilmSonora: The Devil’s Highway
2019 · Writer
FilmThe Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 · Executive Producer
The Alienist
2018 · Teleplay
FilmRichard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 · Thanks
FilmThat Guy Dick Miller
2014 · Self
FilmGo for Sisters
2013 · Director
FilmThe Normals
2012 · Dr. Marx
FilmCasting By
2012 · Self
FilmCorman's World
2011 · Self - Filmmaker
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Self
FilmAmigo
2011 · Editor
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
FilmGreat Directors
2009 · Self
FilmIn the Electric Mist
2009 · Michael Goldman
FilmThe Toe Tactic
2009 · Cramden
FilmObscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008 · Self
FilmThe Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Screenplay
FilmMy Mexican Shivah
2007 · Executive Producer
FilmHoneydripper
2007 · Zeke
FilmEdge of Outside
2006 · Self
FilmSilver City
2004 · Director
FilmTell Them Who You Are
2004 · Self
FilmCasa de los Babys
2003 · Editor
FilmUnleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
FilmSunshine State
2002 · Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
FilmBruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001 · Director
FilmA Constant Forge
2000 · Self
FilmGirlfight
2000 · Science Teacher
When It Was a Game 3
FilmWhen It Was a Game 3
2000 · Self (voice)
FilmLimbo
1999 · Director
FilmLittle Saints
1999 · Executive Producer
Independent Focus
Independent Focus
1998 · Self
FilmMen with Guns
1998 · Writer
FilmMimic
1997 · Additional Writing
FilmBig Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 · Self
Scene by Scene
1997 · Self
FilmGridlock'd
1997 · Cop #1
FilmLone Star
1996 · Editor
FilmPiranha
1995 · Story
Baseball
1994 · Self
FilmMen of War
1994 · Screenplay
FilmMy Life's in Turnaround
1994 · Marginal producer
FilmThe Secret of Roan Inish
1994 · Screenplay
FilmMatinee
1993 · Bob
FilmPassion Fish
1992 · Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
FilmMalcolm X
1992 · FBI Agent
FilmStraight Talk
1992 · Guy Girardi
FilmCity of Hope
1991 · Carl
FilmLittle Vegas
1990 · Mike
Shannon's Deal
1990 · Ronnie Nash
FilmBreaking In
1989 · Writer
FilmUntamagiru
1989 · US High Commissioner
FilmLa fine della notte
1989 · Wayne
FilmShannon's Deal
1989 · Writer
FilmEight Men Out
1988 · Ring Lardner
FilmMatewan
1987 · Hardshell Preacher
FilmWild Thing
1987 · Screenplay
Square One Television
1987 · Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
FilmUnnatural Causes
1986 · Lloyd
FilmSomething Wild
1986 · Motorcycle Cop
The ChuckleHounds
The ChuckleHounds
1986 · Writer
FilmThe Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Screenplay
FilmHard Choices
1985 · Don
FilmThe Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Man in Black
FilmBaby It's You
1983 · Director
FilmLianna
1983 · Jerry
FilmEnormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · Writer
FilmThe Challenge
1982 · Writer
FilmThe Howling
1981 · Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
FilmAlligator
1980 · Screenplay
FilmA Perfect Match
1980 · Teleplay
FilmBattle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Story
FilmReturn of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Howie
FilmThe Lady in Red
1979 · Writer
FilmPiranha
1978 · Army Sentry (uncredited)