Directing
Born September 28, 1950 · Schenectady, New York, USA
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Screenplay
Malcolm X
1992 · FBI Agent
Mimic
1997 · Additional Writing
The Howling
1981 · Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1981 · Screenplay
Piranha
1978 · Army Sentry (uncredited)
1978 · Screenplay
The Alienist
2018 · Teleplay
Poker Face
2023 · Chief Hal
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 · Executive Producer
In the Electric Mist
2009 · Michael Goldman
Lone Star
1996 · Director
The Gray House
2026 · Writer
Sonora: The Devil’s Highway
2019 · Writer
Dr. Del
2016 · Writer
1995 · Story
Men of War
1994 · Screenplay
Shannon's Deal
1990 · Writer
1989 · Writer
Breaking In
Eight Men Out
1988 · Writer
Wild Thing
1987 · Screenplay
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Screenplay
Unnatural Causes
1986 · Writer
The ChuckleHounds
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · Writer
The Challenge
1982 · Writer
Alligator
1980 · Screenplay
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Story
A Perfect Match
1980 · Teleplay
The Lady in Red
1979 · Writer
Django Lives!
· Writer
Go for Sisters
2013 · Director
Honeydripper
2007 · Director
Silver City
2004 · Director
Sunshine State
2002 · Director
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001 · Director
Limbo
1999 · Director
Men with Guns
1998 · Director
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994 · Director
Passion Fish
1992 · Director
Mountain View
1989 · Director
Matewan
1987 · Director
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Director
Baby It's You
1983 · Director
Lianna
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Director
I Passed This Way
· Director
Elsie Hooper
2016 · Executive Producer
Talents
2015 · Executive Producer
My Mexican Shivah
2007 · Executive Producer
Girlfight
2000 · Executive Producer
Little Saints
1999 · Executive Producer
Grendel
· Executive Producer
Amigo
2011 · Editor
Casa de los Babys
2003 · Editor
City of Hope
1991 · Editor
John Sayles and Gregory Nava
2024 · Themself
Algren
2021 · Self
Texas Red
2021 · Governor Johnson (voice)
Corona Film Club
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 · Self
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Them That Work
2019 · Self
The Umbrella
2016 · Pastor Jim
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
2015 · Self
That Guy Dick Miller
2014 · Self
Casting By
2012 · Self
The Normals
2012 · Dr. Marx
Corman's World
2011 · Self - Filmmaker
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
The Toe Tactic
2009 · Cramden
Great Directors
2009 · Self
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008 · Self
2007 · Zeke
Alligator Author
2007 · Self
Edge of Outside
2006 · Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
