John Thomas Sayles is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor and author.
Early life[]
Sayles was born in Schenectady, New York, the son of Mary (née Rausch), a teacher, and Donald John Sayles, a school administrator. He was raised Catholic and took to labeling himself "a Catholic atheist". Both of Sayles's parents were of half-Irish descent.
Filmography[]
Writer/Director[]
- Return of the Secaucus 7 (1979)
- Lianna (1983)
- Baby It's You (1983)
- The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
- Matewan (1987)
- Eight Men Out (1988) (Also actor portraying Ring Lardner)
- City of Hope (1991)
- Passion Fish (1992)
- The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
- Lone Star (1996)
- Men with Guns (1997)
- Limbo (1999)
- Sunshine State (2002)
- Casa de los Babys (2003)
- Silver City (2004)
- Honeydripper (2007)
- Amigo (2010)
- Go for Sisters (2013)
Writer (movies)[]
- Piranha (1978)
- The Lady in Red (1979)
- Alligator (1980)
- Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
- The Howling (1981)
- The Challenge (with Richard Maxwell) (1982)
- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (with Susan Rice) (1983)
- The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
- Wild Thing (1987)
- Breaking In (1989)
- Men of War (with Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris) (1994)
- Apollo 13 (1995) (uncredited)
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (Co-writer with David Berenbaum and Karey Kirkpatrick) (2008)