Directed credits
12
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
John Sayles
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 0All crew credits: 52
TMDB ID: 102445
IMDb ID: nm0000626
Known for: Directing
Born: September 28, 1950
Age: 75
Place of birth: Schenectady, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2026
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q2141212
Also known as
John Thomas Sayles
Frequent jobs
Director (12)Writer (12)Executive Producer (8)Screenplay (8)Editor (5)Story (2)Teleplay (2)Thanks (2)Additional Writing (1)
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by John Sayles.
Director
Go for Sisters
2013 • Movie
Director
Honeydripper
2007 • Movie
Director
Silver City
2004 • Movie
Director
Sunshine State
2002 • Movie
Director
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001 • Movie
Director
Limbo
1999 • Movie
Director
City of Hope
1991 • Movie
Director
Mountain View
1989 • Movie
Director
Eight Men Out
1988 • Movie
Director
Matewan
1987 • Movie
Director
Baby It's You
1983 • Movie
Director
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 • Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with John Sayles.
as FBI Agent
Malcolm X
1992 • Movie
Director
Matewan
1987 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker
Corman's World
2011 • Movie
Editor
Lone Star
1996 • Movie
Director
Eight Men Out
1988 • Movie
Screenplay
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994 • Movie
Screenplay
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 • Movie
Editor
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 • Movie
as Bob
Matinee
1993 • Movie
as Cop #1
Gridlock'd
1997 • Movie
as Motorcycle Cop
Something Wild
1986 • Movie
Screenplay
The Howling
1981 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with John Sayles.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with John Sayles.
as FBI Agent
Malcolm X
1992 • Movie
Additional Writing
Mimic
1997 • Movie
Screenplay
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 • Movie
as Michael Goldman
In the Electric Mist
2009 • Movie
Screenplay
Piranha
1978 • Movie
Director
Limbo
1999 • Movie
Writer
Passion Fish
1992 • Movie
Editor
Amigo
2011 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker
Corman's World
2011 • Movie
Director
Matewan
1987 • Movie
Director
Baby It's You
1983 • Movie
Story
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with John Sayles.
as Chief Hal • 1 eps
Poker Face
2023 • Series
Teleplay • 3 eps
The Alienist
2018 • Series
as Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs • 231 eps
Square One Television
1987 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Baseball
1994 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 • Series
Writer • 8 eps
The Gray House
2026 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Scene by Scene
1997 • Series
Writer • 2 eps
Shannon's Deal
1990 • Series
as Self • 7 eps
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for John Sayles.
Thanks
Them That Work
2019 • Movie
Writer
Sonora: The Devil’s Highway
2019 • Movie
Executive Producer
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 • Movie
Thanks
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 • Movie
Executive Producer
Elsie Hooper
2016 • Movie
Executive Producer
Dr. Del
2016 • Movie
Executive Producer
Talents
2015 • Movie
Editor
Amigo
2011 • Movie
Screenplay
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 • Movie
Executive Producer
My Mexican Shivah
2007 • Movie
Editor
Casa de los Babys
2003 • Movie
Executive Producer
Girlfight
2000 • Movie
Executive Producer
Little Saints
1999 • Movie
Writer
Men with Guns
1998 • Movie
Additional Writing
Mimic
1997 • Movie
Editor
Lone Star
1996 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for John Sayles.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for John Sayles.
as Themself
John Sayles and Gregory Nava
2024 • Movie
as Self
Algren
2021 • Movie
as Self
Corona Film Club
2021 • Movie
as Governor Johnson (voice)
Texas Red
2021 • Movie
as Self
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 • Movie
as Self
Them That Work
2019 • Movie
as Pastor Jim
The Umbrella
2016 • Movie
as Self
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
2015 • Movie
as Self
That Guy Dick Miller
2014 • Movie
as Dr. Marx
The Normals
2012 • Movie
as Self
Casting By
2012 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker
Corman's World
2011 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for John Sayles.
as Chief Hal • 1 eps
Poker Face
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 • Series
as Self • 7 eps
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Scene by Scene
1997 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Baseball
1994 • Series
as Ronnie Nash • 1 eps
Shannon's Deal
1990 • Series
as Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs • 231 eps
Square One Television
1987 • Series