Biography
John Thomas Sayles 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), Men with Guns (1997), Sunshine State (2002), and Silver City (2004).
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Awards & recognition
- Phyllis Franklin Award · 2013
- Eugene V. Debs Award · 1991
- Edgar Awards · 1990
- MacArthur Fellows Program · 1983
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1997 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1993 · nominated
Filmography46 titles
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Malcolm X
The Alienist
Baseball
Poker Face
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Lone Star
Passion Fish
Casting By
Eight Men Out
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Secret of Roan Inish
Matinee
The Brother from Another Planet
Limbo
Gridlock'd
City of Hope
Something Wild
The Howling
Girlfight
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Sunshine State
Lianna
In the Electric Mist
Silver City
Mimic
Algren
Straight Talk
Baby It's You
Alligator
Piranha
Honeydripper
The Challenge
Wild Thing
The Lady in Red
Casa de los Babys
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Battle Beyond the Stars
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Men of War
Little Saints
Piranha
The Gray House
Texas Red
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States