Editing John Sayles (section)

{{short description|American film director}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = John Sayles
| image        = John Sayles.jpg
| imagesize    = 200px
| caption      = Sayles in March 2008
| birth_name   = John Thomas Sayles
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1950|9|28}}
| birth_place  = [[Schenectady, New York]], [[United States]]
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| education    = [[Williams College]]
| occupation   = {{hlist|Director|screenwriter|editor|actor|novelist}}
| years_active = 1971–present
}}
'''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 film)|Lone Star]]'' (1996), and ''[[Men with Guns]]'' (1997).

For ''Eight Men Out'', Sayles was nominated for the [[USC Scripter Award]]. He has twice been nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]], for ''Passion Fish'' and ''Lone Star''. At the [[56th Golden Globe Awards]], ''Men with Guns'' was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]. His directorial debut, ''[[Return of the Secaucus 7]]'' (1980), as well as ''Matewan'' were added to the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] in 1997 and 2023, respectively.