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John Sayles
Sayles in March 2008
Born
John Thomas Sayles
(1950-09-28) September 28, 1950 (age 73)
Schenectady, New York, United States
Education
Williams College
Occupations
Director
screenwriter
editor
actor
novelist
Years active
1971–present
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing and directing the films The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), Passion Fish (1992), The Secret of Roan Inish (1994), Lone Star (1996), and Men with Guns (1997).
For Eight Men Out, Sayles was nominated for the USC Scripter Award. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for Passion Fish and Lone Star. At the 56th Golden Globe Awards, Men with Guns was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), as well as Matewan, were added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1997 and 2023, respectively.
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing...
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Williams College graduate JohnSayles' film Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), and continued acting in multiple films by Sayles, such as Matewan (1987),...
Indiana University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0253332448. Sayles, John (1999). Diane Carson (ed.). JohnSayles: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers). Jackson...
American stage, television and film actor. He has worked with film director JohnSayles in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), City of Hope (1991) and Lone...
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subsequently left the project to work on Kingdom of Heaven. He was replaced by JohnSayles, who wrote two drafts of the script. In one draft, a new character, a...
1984 low-budget American science fiction film, written and directed by JohnSayles. The film, starring Joe Morton as an escaped extraterrestrial slave trying...
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Passion Fish is a 1992 American drama film written and directed by JohnSayles. The film stars Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Vondie Curtis-Hall, David...
a 1997 American political drama film edited, written and directed by JohnSayles, inspired by the 1992 novel The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco...
directed by Ellory Elkayem. Eight Men Out is a 1988 film directed by JohnSayles. Jennifer Eight, also known as Jennifer 8, is a 1992 film written and...
collaborated with JohnSayles when he enlisted him to rewrite the previously adapted draft of Gary Brandner's werewolf tale The Howling. Sayles rewrote the...
7 is a 1980 American independent drama film written and directed by JohnSayles and starring Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau...
Retrieved December 12, 2015. "John Joins All-Star Writing/Producing Team for Series Based on 'The Alienist'". JohnSayles Blog. July 22, 2015. Archived...
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