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

Skies "Straw Dogs with aliens", but Sayles says his inspiration was the 1939 western film Drums Along the Mohawk. Sayles even named one of the aliens Scar...

Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles. The film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal...

communities, including the Sayles School. The Sayles School of Fine Arts provides unique arts opportunities in the region. The John Sayles School of Fine Arts...

Passion Fish is a 1992 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The film stars Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Vondie Curtis-Hall, David...

2023. Sayles, John; Carson, Diane (1999). John Sayles : interviews. p. 10. Sayles & Carson p 61 Sayles & Carson p 61 Sayles & Carson p 10 Sayles, John (1998)...

1996 American neo-Western mystery film written, edited, and directed by John Sayles. Set in a small town in South Texas, the film deals with a sheriff's...

7 is a 1980 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles and starring Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, David Strathairn, Adam LeFevre...

Williams College graduate John Sayles' film Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), and continued acting in multiple films by Sayles, such as Matewan (1987),...

review of Baby It's You and another John Sayles film, Lianna, Rolling Stone's Michael Sragow commented that Sayles has his strengths but is considerably...

fiction film, with a legacy as a cult classic, written and directed by John Sayles. The film stars Joe Morton as an escaped extraterrestrial slave trying...

the theme music. Sayles received a 1990 Edgar Award for his screenplay for the pilot. Once the show got picked up as a series, Sayles directed one of the...

a 1997 American political drama film edited, written and directed by John Sayles, inspired by the 1992 novel The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco...

very earliest. According to a post by Blackie on his Facebook page, the John Sayles script for the pilot episode was turned over to HBO on May 10, 2010....

 'Friend') is a Filipino-American 2010 drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The film takes place in the Philippines in 1900 during the Philippine–American...

is a 1994 independent fantasy-adventure film written and directed by John Sayles. It is based on the 1957 novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie...

Hope is a 1991 American drama film written, directed, and edited by John Sayles. The film features Vincent Spano, Stephen Mendillo, and Chris Cooper...

Sayles is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bill Sayles (1917–1996), American baseball player Charlie Sayles (born 1948), American...

(/ˈmeɪtwɒn/) is a 1987 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary...

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Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver...

[citation needed] Piranha was written by John Sayles, who had been discovered by Corman's story editor, Frances Doel. Sayles later wrote The Lady in Red (1979)...

Director John Sayles' Eight Men Out, a 1988 film based on Asinof's book, is a dramatization of the scandal, focusing largely on Buck Weaver (played by John Cusack)...

American adventure drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by John Sayles. It stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez...

Shoeless Joe was depicted in Eight Men Out, a 1988 film directed by John Sayles based on the 1963 Eliot Asinof book of the same name. The film details...

Sisters is a 2013 American crime drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The title refers to the history of friendship between the two main characters:...

Special Victims Unit. In 2010, DeHaan made his feature film debut in John Sayles' Amigo and played Jesse in the third season of HBO's In Treatment. In...

subsequently left the project to work on Kingdom of Heaven. He was replaced by John Sayles, who wrote two drafts of the script. In one draft, a new character, a...

In a joint review of Lianna and another John Sayles film, Baby It's You, Michael Sragow commented that Sayles has his strengths but is considerably overrated...

nomination for a Tony Award. He has collaborated with film director John Sayles three times, acting in his films The Brother from Another Planet (1984)...