John SaylesDirectingSeptember 28, 1950 (75 years old)Schenectady, New York, USAPopularity: 1IMDbBiographyJohn Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.Also Known AsJohn Thomas SaylesKnown For7.5Poker FaceChief Hal7.4BaseballSelf7.7The Story of Film: An OdysseySelf6.0Scene by SceneSelf5.4Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf7.5GemMalcolm XFBI Agent8.0Shannon's DealRonnie Nash5.3Square One TelevisionRoy 'Lefty' Cobbs6.6The HowlingMorgue Attendant (uncredited)6.0PiranhaArmy Sentry (uncredited)6.6MatineeBob6.7City of HopeCarlPhotos of John SaylesFilmographyMovies67TV Shows7AllCast48Crew30Browse All2020sJohn Sayles and Gregory NavaThemself6.0AlgrenSelf5.0Corona Film ClubSelf2.7Texas RedGovernor Johnson (voice)6.4Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-FiSelf2010sThem That WorkSelf6.8Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinyThanksThe UmbrellaPastor JimThe Third Man: A Filmmaker's InfluenceSelf7.0That Guy Dick MillerSelf6.0Go for SistersDirector6.9Casting BySelf6.0The NormalsDr. Marx7.1Corman's WorldSelf - Filmmaker4.8AmigoEditor2000s6.1In the Electric MistMichael Goldman4.0The Toe TacticCramden6.1Great DirectorsSelf6.7The Spiderwick ChroniclesScreenplay4.4Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove PressSelf5.9HoneydripperZeke6.1My Mexican ShivahExecutive Producer5.8Edge of OutsideSelfHoward Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United StatesSelf6.1Silver CityDirector5.9Tell Them Who You AreSelf5.4Casa de los BabysEditorUnleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’6.3Sunshine StateMan who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)6.6A Constant ForgeSelf6.5GirlfightScience Teacher1990s6.5LimboDirector4.9Little SaintsExecutive Producer6.2Men with GunsWriter6.7Gridlock'dCop #15.0Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf7.0Lone StarEditor6.7The Secret of Roan InishScreenplay5.1Men of WarScreenplay4.0My Life's in TurnaroundMarginal producer6.6MatineeBob7.5GemMalcolm XFBI Agent6.9Passion FishSoap Opera Doctor (uncredited)6.0Straight TalkGuy Girardi6.7City of HopeCarl1.0Little VegasMike1980sShannon's DealWriter3.8UntamagiruUS High CommissionerMountain ViewDirector6.5La fine della notteWayne6.9Eight Men OutRing Lardner7.4MatewanHardshell Preacher5.6Wild ThingScreenplay5.2The Clan of the Cave BearScreenplay6.6Something WildMotorcycle Cop6.8Unnatural CausesLloyd2.7Hard ChoicesDon6.6The Brother from Another PlanetMan in Black6.3LiannaJerry5.8Baby It's YouDirector6.6The HowlingMorgue Attendant (uncredited)6.1AlligatorScreenplay6.5Return of the Secaucus SevenHowie1970s6.0PiranhaArmy Sentry (uncredited)