John Sayles 12 pictures

Writer, Actor, Director
A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job. He wrote stories and submitted them to various magazines, and the Atlantic Monthly gave him the idea of publishing them in a novel--thus "Pride of the ...

Born: September 28, 1950
Star sign: Libra
Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Known for: Lone Star (1996), Piranha (1978), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Eight Men Out (1988)
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