John Sayles
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John Thomas Sayles 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, Matewan, Eight
Sayles at the 2008 Guadalajara International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico
Sayles at the 2011 Miami Book Fair International in Miami
Matewan (film)
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Matewan is a 1987 American independent film drama written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe a
John Sayles
…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), Men with Guns (1997), Sunshine State (2002), and…
Theatrical release poster
2015 photo of Thurmond, a mostly deserted West Virginia coal town