John Sayles

Army Sentry (uncredited)

Screenplay, Story

The Lady in Red(1979)

4.3

Writer

Battle Beyond the Stars(1980)

3.9

Story, Screenplay

Alligator(1980)

4.7

Screenplay, Story

Return of the Secaucus Seven(1980)

5.2

Howie

Writer, Director, Editor

A Perfect Match(1980)

Teleplay

The Howling(1981)

Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

Screenplay

The Challenge(1982)

4.5

Writer

Baby It's You(1983)

Director, Screenplay

Lianna(1983)

Jerry

Editor, Writer, Director

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute poster

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute(1983)

Writer

The Brother from Another Planet(1984)

Man in Black

Screenplay, Editor, Director

Hard Choices(1985)

Don

Something Wild(1986)

Motorcycle Cop

The Clan of the Cave Bear(1986)

3.8

Screenplay

Unnatural Causes(1986)

Lloyd

Writer, Teleplay

Square One Television(1987)

Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs

Matewan(1987)

6.1

Hardshell Preacher

Director, Writer

Wild Thing(1987)

Screenplay, Story

Eight Men Out(1988)

5.6

Ring Lardner

Writer, Director

Breaking In(1989)

Writer

Untamagiru(1989)

US High Commissioner

La fine della notte(1989)

Wayne

Mountain View(1989)

Director

Shannon's Deal(1989)

Writer

Shannon's Deal(1990)

Ronnie Nash

Writer, Creator

Little Vegas(1990)

Mike

City of Hope(1991)

Carl

Director, Editor, Writer

Malcolm X(1992)

6.5

FBI Agent

Straight Talk(1992)

4.6

Guy Girardi

Passion Fish(1992)

5.6

Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)

Writer, Director, Editor

Matinee(1993)

Bob

The Secret of Roan Inish(1994)

5.4

Screenplay, Director, Editor

Men of War(1994)

3.7

Screenplay

My Life's in Turnaround(1994)

Marginal producer

Piranha(1995)

3.2

Story

Lone Star(1996)

5.7

Editor, Director, Writer

Mimic(1997)

4.9

Additional Writing

Gridlock'd(1997)

Cop #1

Men with Guns(1998)

Director, Writer, Editor

Little Saints(1999)

Executive Producer

Limbo(1999)

Director, Writer, Editor

Girlfight(2000)

5.2

Science Teacher

Executive Producer

Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 poster

Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000(2001)

Director

Sunshine State(2002)

Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)

Director, Writer, Editor

Casa de los Babys(2003)

Editor, Director, Writer

Silver City(2004)

4.7

Director, Writer, Editor

Honeydripper(2007)

4.5

Zeke

Director, Writer, Editor

My Mexican Shivah(2007)

Executive Producer

The Spiderwick Chronicles(2008)

5.9

Screenplay

In the Electric Mist(2009)

4.7

Michael Goldman

The Toe Tactic(2009)

Cramden

Amigo(2011)

Editor, Director, Writer

The Normals(2012)

Dr. Marx

Go for Sisters(2013)

Writer, Editor, Director

Talents(2015)

Executive Producer

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny poster

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny(2016)

Thanks

The Umbrella(2016)

Pastor Jim

Elsie Hooper(2016)

Executive Producer

Dr. Del(2016)

Writer, Executive Producer

The Alienist(2018)

6.3

Teleplay, Consulting Producer

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot poster

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot(2019)

Executive Producer

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway(2019)

Writer

Texas Red(2021)

Governor Johnson (voice)

Poker Face(2023)

6.2

Chief Hal

The Gray House(2026)

Writer, Creator

Django Lives!

Writer

Grendel