John Sayles
A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job. He wrote stories and submitted them to various magazines, and the Atlantic Monthly gave him the idea of publishing them in a novel--thus "Pride of the ...
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- Born:
- Sep 28, 1950 In Schenectady, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 126
- First Appeared:
- In the movie American Storytellers
- Latest Project:
- Series TakePart Live 2013-08-01
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 29 nominations.
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Django Lives! | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | I Am You | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Dr. Del | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | An Unsafe Place: Making 'Men of War' | Unknown | 2016 |
| Series | Talents | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Rivertown Film Society Meet Director John Sayles | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | Overheard | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | That Guy Dick Miller | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | The Films of Avi Krum | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Algren | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Go for Sisters | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Trip Flip | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Disney Cruise Line: Behind the Magic | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | VOD Indie | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | TakePart Live | Unknown | 2013-08-01 |
| Series | Costas at the Movies | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | The Normals | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | Let Fury Have the Hour | Unknown | 2012-12-14 |
| Movie | Casting By | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The Mexican Suitcase | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Union Square | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Amigo | Unknown | 2011-07-06 |
| Movie | The Legend of Ivan Tors | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | Democracy Now! | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | Bottomline | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | La maleta mexicana | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | My First Sale | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | P.O.V. | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | Miradas 2 | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | Sodankylä Forever | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Committed: The Toronto International Film Festival | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Ceremonia de clausura - 58 Festival Internacional de San Sebastián | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Accidents Happen | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Great Directors | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | In the Electric Mist | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | The Toe Tactic | Unknown | 2009-01-28 |
| Movie | Studs Terkel: Listening to America | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | 39th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2008-02-14 |
| Movie | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Unknown | 2008-02-14 |
| Movie | Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | Unknown | 2008-09-18 |
| Movie | Honeydripper | Unknown | 2008-05-09 |
| Movie | IFP's Independent Filmmaker Conference | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | Obscene | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | My Mexican Shivah | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
| Movie | Ceremonia de clausura - 55º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | Unknown | 2007-09-29 |
| Movie | Lost Revolution | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
| Series | Trailers from Hell | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | Texas Monthly Talks | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Who Needs Sleep? | Unknown | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Edge of Outside | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | American Pets | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Tell Them Who You Are | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | Silver City | Unknown | 2004-09-24 |
| Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
| Movie | The Difference | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | Scene by Scene | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Unleashing the Beast: Making 'The Howling' | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Casa de los babys | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Secondhand Lions | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | American Storytellers | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Beyond Borders: John Sayles in Mexico | Unknown | 2003 |
| Series | Shootout | Unknown | 2003-10-12 |
| Movie | Sunshine State | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Now | Unknown | 2002-02-01 |
| Series | Cinema 3 | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 | Unknown | 2001 |
| Series | Dinner for Five | Unknown | 2001-07-07 |
| Movie | Girlfight | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | A Constant Forge | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | The Panel | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Limbo | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Santitos | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Film-Fest DVD: Issue 2 - Cannes | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | The Newton Boys | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Unknown | 1997-07-27 |
| Movie | Men with Guns | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Gridlock'd | Cop #1 | 1997-01-29 |
| Movie | Lone Star | Unknown | 1996 |
| Movie | Piranha | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | The Secret of Roan Inish | Unknown | 1994 |
| Series | Baseball | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Movie | Men of War | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | My Life's in Turnaround | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Matinee | Unknown | 1993 |
| Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Unknown | 1993-08-30 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | Unknown | 1992 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Unknown | 1992-11-18 |
| Movie | Straight Talk | Guy Girardi | 1992-04-03 |
| Series | Charlie Rose | Unknown | 1991-09-30 |
| Series | Naked Hollywood | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | City of Hope | Unknown | 1991 |
| Series | Shannon's Deal | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | American Dream | Unknown | 1990-10-06 |
| Movie | Little Vegas | Unknown | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | La fine della notte | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Bruce Springsteen: Video Anthology 1978-1988 | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Breaking In | Unknown | 1989-10-13 |
| Movie | Shannon's Deal | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Untama giru | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Eight Men Out | Unknown | 1988 |
| Series | Square One TV | Unknown | 1988 |
| Series | Mathnet | Unknown | 1987-01-26 |
| Movie | Matewan | Unknown | 1987 |
| Series | The Media Show | Unknown | 1987-03-18 |
| Movie | Wild Thing | Unknown | 1987-04-17 |
| Movie | Unnatural Causes | Lloyd | 1986-11-10 |
| Movie | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | Something Wild | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | Hard Choices | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The Brother from Another Planet | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | Lianna | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | Baby It's You | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | The Challenge | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | The Howling | Unknown | 1981-04-10 |
| Movie | A Perfect Match | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | Battle Beyond the Stars | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | Alligator | Unknown | 1980-07-02 |
| Movie | The Lady in Red | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | Return of the Secaucus Seven | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | Piranha | Unknown | 1978 |