
Born September 28, 1950
Schenectady, New York, USA
96 credits
Directing
John Sayles
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.

Born September 28, 1950
Schenectady, New York, USA
96 credits
Directing
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.

Poker Face
2023 · ★ 7.5

The Alienist
2018 · ★ 7.5

Scene by Scene
1997 · ★ 6.0

The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · ★ 6.7

Baseball
1994 · ★ 7.5

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · ★ 7.7

Mimic
1997 · ★ 6.1

The Gray House
2026 · ★ 4.3

Malcolm X
1992 · ★ 7.6

Square One Television
1987 · ★ 5.6

The Howling
1981 · ★ 6.6

Shannon's Deal
1990 · ★ 7.7

Piranha
1978 · ★ 6.0

In the Electric Mist
2009 · ★ 6.1

Matinee
1993 · ★ 6.7

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · ★ 5.4

Alligator
1980 · ★ 6.1

Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · ★ 5.4

Something Wild
1986 · ★ 6.6

Eight Men Out
1988 · ★ 6.9

The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · ★ 5.3

Lone Star
1996 · ★ 7.0

Untamagiru
1989 · ★ 4.6

Men of War
1994 · ★ 5.2

Corman's World
2011 · ★ 7.1

Silver City
2004 · ★ 6.1

Matewan
1987 · ★ 7.4

The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · ★ 6.7

Straight Talk
1992 · ★ 6.0

The Lady in Red
1979 · ★ 5.7

City of Hope
1991 · ★ 6.8

Sunshine State
2002 · ★ 6.4

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 · ★ 5.4

Gridlock'd
1997 · ★ 6.7

The Challenge
1982 · ★ 5.9

Baby It's You
1983 · ★ 5.9

Passion Fish
1992 · ★ 6.9

Go for Sisters
2013 · ★ 6.0

Casting By
2012 · ★ 6.9

Honeydripper
2007 · ★ 5.9

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 · ★ 6.4

Piranha
1995 · ★ 4.7

Girlfight
2000 · ★ 6.5

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 · ★ 6.8

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · ★ 4.6

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 · ★ 7.0

The Toe Tactic
2009 · ★ 4.0

Edge of Outside
2006 · ★ 5.8

Casa de los Babys
2003 · ★ 5.5

Lianna
1983 · ★ 6.4

Grendel
— · ★ 0.0

The Secret of Roan Inish
1994 · ★ 6.7

Limbo
1999 · ★ 6.6

That Guy Dick Miller
2014 · ★ 7.0

Tell Them Who You Are
2004 · ★ 6.1

A Constant Forge
2000 · ★ 6.8

Wild Thing
1987 · ★ 5.7

Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001 · ★ 6.2
Independent Focus
1998 · ★ 8.3

Amigo
2011 · ★ 4.9

Little Saints
1999 · ★ 5.0

Breaking In
1989 · ★ 5.7

Algren
2021 · ★ 6.0

Little Vegas
1990 · ★ 5.0

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway
2019 · ★ 6.1

Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · ★ 6.5

The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
2015 · ★ 0.0

Dr. Del
2016 · ★ 0.0

Great Directors
2009 · ★ 6.1
The ChuckleHounds
1986 · ★ 7.0

A Perfect Match
1980 · ★ 7.0

Men with Guns
1998 · ★ 6.3

Texas Red
2021 · ★ 2.7

Hard Choices
1985 · ★ 3.8

Corona Film Club
2021 · ★ 5.0
When It Was a Game 3
2000 · ★ 9.5

Them That Work
2019 · ★ 0.0

My Life's in Turnaround
1994 · ★ 4.8

Talents
2015 · ★ 0.0

Django Lives!
— · ★ 0.0

The Normals
2012 · ★ 6.0

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006 · ★ 0.0

Unnatural Causes
1986 · ★ 7.4
An Ode to Mary Jo
— · ★ 0.0
I Passed This Way
— · ★ 0.0

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003 · ★ 7.0

Mountain View
1989 · ★ 0.0

Shannon's Deal
1989 · ★ 9.0

La fine della notte
1989 · ★ 7.0

My Mexican Shivah
2007 · ★ 6.6

The Umbrella
2016 · ★ 0.0

Elsie Hooper
2016 · ★ 0.0

John Sayles and Gregory Nava
2024 · ★ 0.0

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008 · ★ 4.4

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · ★ 7.2
Alligator Author
2007 · ★ 0.0