The Brother from Another Planet [SEP] film editor
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 science fiction film written, directed and edited by John Sayles. It stars Joe Morton as "The Brother", an alien and escaped slave who, while fleeing "Another Planet", has crash-landed and hides in Harlem.
Plot.
The sweet-natured and honest Brother looks like an ordinary African American man, distinguished only by his being mute and—although other characters in the film never see them—his feet, which
works also included TV commercials, video and short films. One of his short films called Trevor bagged the Oscar in 1995. His career work extended to working as associate editor for The Brother from Another Planet, script supervisor, Matewan, editor David Blaine's Frozen in Time for ABC, to name a few. John's repertoire also includes writing screenplays, including Wise Child, Murder Most Foul for Columbia Pictures and "Interstate" for HBO. John holds the membership of the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of