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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.
Actor. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:29. The Howling (1981) 5 Videos. 18 Photos. 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.
- January 1, 1
- 1.93 m
- Schenectady, New York, USA
Overview. Born. September 28, 1950 · Schenectady, New York, USA. Birth name. John Thomas Sayles. Height. 6′ 4″ (1.93 m) Mini Bio. 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.
- September 28, 1950
Jan 15, 2024 · We’re So Short on Time: John Sayles on Lone Star. Walter Chaw January 15, 2024. Tweet. John Sayles ’ films are indicated by the quality of his listening. His scripts are dialogue-dense and populated by people of character and intelligence, representing every social strata, every race, every creed. He puts them in conversation with one ...
May 1, 2009 · 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. Parlaying his fees as a screenwriter of mainstream Hollywood films into funding for his own ambitious ...
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Jan 16, 2024 · John Sayles on Lone Star, the state of TV, and making movies on the border. Director John Sayles, whose neo-Western masterpiece Lone Star arrives on Criterion 4K this week, reveals how the...
Jan 16, 2024 · John Sayles Looks Back on the Making of ‘Lone Star’. As the neo-Western joins the Criterion Collection, its writer/director explains how he maximized his resources to create an American...
