John Sayles
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John Thomas Sayles is a novelist, screenwriter, director, and actor. He was born in Schenectady, New York, on September 28, 1950. He earned a B.S. in psychology from Williams College in 1972. After graduating, Sayles earned a living as an orderly, a laborer, and a meat packer. Two novels and a vis mere collection of short stories were published in the 1970s. Sayles also wrote screenplays for B-movie king Roger Corman, contributing to such films as Piranha and Battle Beyond the Stars. In 1980 he wrote, directed, and acted in the film Return of the Secaucus Seven, which won the Best Screenplay award from the Los Angeles Film Critics and was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1983, Sayles received a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," which provided him with $30,000 per year for five years. His work during this period included the films Baby it's You, Brother From Another Planet, and Matewan. Sayles also directed the Bruce Springsteen music videos, "Born in the U.S.A.," "I'm on Fire," and "Glory Days." He also created a television series in 1989 called Shannon's Deal. Sayles has received an O. Henry Award, a best director award from the Seattle Film Festival, a Taskforce Award, and Academy Award nominations for the screenplays for Passion Fish and Lone Star. He also wrote the screenplay for, directed, and performed in the critically acclaimed film, Eight Men Out. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af John Sayles
The Secret of Roan Inish : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — Instruktør — 8 eksemplarer
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad / Honeydripper / Stigma / Go Tell It on the Mountain (Video) (2016) — Instruktør — 7 eksemplarer
6 Films Movies of Excellence Vol 4 (A Gathering of Old Men / Honeydripper / Nightjohn / Sophie & the Moonhanger / Race… (2014) — Instruktør — 5 eksemplarer
Soul Collection: Honeydripper / Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad / Nightjohn / Sophie and the Moonhanger / A… — Instruktør; Instruktør — 1 eksemplar
Whale Rider / The Secret of Roan Inish 1 eksemplar
6-Film Collection Movies of Excellence V.3 (Honeydripper / Nightjohn / Sophie and the Moon Hanger / Endgame / Execution… (2015) — Instruktør — 1 eksemplar
4 Movie Collection (Honeydripper / Go Tell It on the Mountain / Sophie and the Moon Hanger / Race to Freedom: The… (2015) — Instruktør — 1 eksemplar
The John Sayles Collection [DVD] 1 eksemplar
New Hope for the Dead 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Selected Shorts: American Classics (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) (2010) — Bidragyder — 24 eksemplarer
On the job: Fiction about work by contemporary American writers (1977) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
TriQuarterly 48: Western Stories — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Sayles, John
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- Sayles, John Thomas
- Fødselsdato
- 1950-09-28
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- USA
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- Schenectady, New York, USA
- Uddannelse
- Williams College
- Erhverv
- film director
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