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 ...

John Sayles. Writer: Lone Star. A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams College grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job.

John Sayles (born September 28, 1950, Schenectady, New York, U.S.) is an American motion-picture director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor who since the 1980s has been among the most prominent independent filmmakers in the United States.

John Sayles. Writer: Lone Star. A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams College grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job.

Jan 15, 2024 · With the incongruous mix of satirical ferocity and disarming geniality mastered by authors like Kurt Vonnegut, Jr and Tom Robbins, Sayles’ challenged the tribalism and machismo that animate this country’s sports culture. From the beginning, he had his finger, gently, on the pulse of our societal demons.

Jan 23, 2025 · John Sayles is an independent film director, screenwriter, actor, and novelist. His latest novel, "To Save the Man," sheds light on an American tragedy - the Wounded Knee Massacre,...

Nov 8, 2013 · In a feature borrowed from our friends at Pitchfork, 5-10-15-20 asks subjects involved in the world of film to talk about the movies that made an impact on them throughout their lives, five years at a time. John Sayles, age 63, is one of the founding fathers of modern American independent cinema.

John Sayles is an American motion-picture director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor who since the 1980s has been among the most prominent independent filmmakers in the United States.

Mar 8, 2023 · Writer/director John Sayles is a driving force of independent American cinema. Taking his funds from his work as a script doctor for films such as “Piranha” and “ Apollo 13 ,” the maverick filmmaker makes heartfelt and hard-hitting indie projects such as “Return of the Secaucus Seven,” “The Brother from Another Planet,” and ...

Nov 5, 2013 · John Sayles’ new film, out this week, is entitled Go For Sisters, and stars Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, and Edward James Olmos. We recently sat down with the...