John Sayles

Born

9/28/1950

Schenectady, New York, USA

John Sayles

Biography

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

Known For40 Movies

Malcolm X
1992
★7.6
In the Electric Mist
2009
★6.1
The Howling
1981
★6.5
Piranha
1978
★6.0
Straight Talk
1992
★6.0
Gridlock'd
1997
★6.6
Something Wild
1986
★6.6
Eight Men Out
1988
★6.8
Matinee
1993
★6.7
Matewan
1987
★7.4
Passion Fish
1992
★7.0
The Normals
2012
★6.0
City of Hope
1991
★6.7
Girlfight
2000
★6.5
Casting By
2012
★6.9
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
★6.7
Honeydripper
2007
★5.9
Sunshine State
2002
★6.4
Corman's World
2011
★7.0
Untamagiru
1989
★4.6
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
★7.0
Lianna
1983
★6.4
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
★7.0
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
★6.2
Great Directors
2009
★6.1
Edge of Outside
2006
★5.8
A Constant Forge
2000
★6.8
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
★5.0
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
★5.7
Texas Red
2021
★2.7
Little Vegas
1990
★5.0
Unnatural Causes
1986
★7.4
The Toe Tactic
2009
★4.0
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
★6.5
Corona Film Club
2021
★5.0
Hard Choices
1985
★3.8
Algren
2021
★6.0
My Life's in Turnaround
1994
★4.8
La fine della notte
1989
★7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
★7.0