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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. 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 · 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.
Jan 16, 2024 · Director John Sayles, whose neo-Western masterpiece Lone Star arrives on Criterion 4K this week, reveals how the film would be different if he made it today
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.
Feb 15, 2024 · John Sayles is one of the great American filmmakers. Graduating from Williams college in 1972, Sayles moved to east Boston to work a factory job. During that time he wrote short stories, submitting them to various magazines.
Nov 5, 2013 · For many, John Sayles is the quintessential American independent filmmaker. His 1979 debut Return of the Secaucus Seven immediately established him as a new kind of filmmaker, and along with ...
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...
Sep 28, 2020 · On his 70th birthday, we pick a beginner’s path through the work of a true maverick: the guiding light of American indie cinema, John Sayles. 28 September 2020. By Matthew Thrift. Lone Star (1996) Why this might not seem so easy.
