John Sayles

Directing: 1980 — present · 16 films
Born: 28 September 1950 · age 75
From: Schenectady, New York, USA

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.

Acting: 1980 — present · 13 films
Born: 28 September 1950 · age 75
From: Schenectady, New York, USA

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.

Career Signature

How John Sayles’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

bittersweet

naturalistic performance

heavy emotional

working-class realism

ensemble mosaic

Tonal kin

Martin Ritt18 films

Robert Guédiguian7 films

Bruce Beresford25 films

Walter Salles10 films

Claude Berri9 films

Fatih Akin13 films

Robert Benton11 films

Lal Jose10 films

Career Signature

How John Sayles’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

bittersweet

naturalistic performance

grainy 70s grit

working-class realism

crowd-pleaser

How John Sayles’s filmography reads.

How John Sayles’s filmography reads.

Filmography

Honeydripper

Silver City

Casa de los Babys

Sunshine State

Limbo

Men with Guns

Lone Star

The Secret of Roan Inish

Passion Fish

City of Hope

Eight Men Out

Matewan

The Brother from Another Planet

Baby It's You

Lianna

Return of the Secaucus Seven

Filmography

In the Electric Mist

Honeydripper

Girlfight

Gridlock'd

Matinee

Straight Talk

City of Hope

Eight Men Out

Matewan

Something Wild

The Brother from Another Planet

Lianna

Return of the Secaucus Seven