John Sanborn

Biography

Career Overview

John Sanborn has 44 screen credits in a career dating back to 1977. Signature works include Entropy and Order, Ear Drums, The Residents' Secret Show - Live in San Francisco. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

44

Known For

• 

  Entropy and Order
• Ear Drums
• 

  The Residents' Secret Show - Live in San Francisco
• 

  In C, Too
• 

  The Residents' God in 3 Persons
• 

  Exquisite Moving Corpse

Credits

• directing (31 credits)

  • Entropy and Order

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Ear Drums

    director

    directing
    2026
  • The Residents' Secret Show - Live in San Francisco

    director

    directing
    2026
  • In C, Too

    director

    directing
    2024
  • The Residents' God in 3 Persons

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Exquisite Moving Corpse

    director

    directing
    2022
  • ALLoT (A Long List of Things)

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Intemerata

    director

    directing
    2014
  • PICO (reMIX)

    director

    directing
    2012
  • The Planets

    director

    directing
    2011
  • The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Infinite Escher

    director

    directing
    1990
  • The Works of M. C. Escher

    director

    directing
    1990
  • Untitled

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Endance

    director

    directing
    1988
  • Luminare

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Visual Shuffle

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Ear-Responsibility

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Sister Suzie Cinema

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Perfect Lives

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Renaissance

    director

    directing
    1984
  • ACT III

    director

    directing
    1983
  • And Now This...

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Ear to the Ground

    director

    directing
    1982
  • The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Static

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Black & White

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Olympic Fragments

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Resolution of the Eye

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Spray-On Video

    director

    directing
    1977

• editing (1 credits)

  • The Residents' God in 3 Persons

    editor

    editing
    2023

• crew (2 credits)

  • The Residents' God in 3 Persons

    projection

    crew
    2023
  • Perfect Lives

    visual effects editor

    crew
    1984

• production (3 credits)

  • Triple Trouble

    associate producer

    production
    2022
  • Theology

    associate producer

    production
    1992
  • How to Fly

    executive producer

    production
    1981

• writing (4 credits)

  • ALLoT (A Long List of Things)

    writer

    writing
    2014
  • Stargate SG-1

    - One False Step (1999) ... writer writing
    1997
  • Infinite Escher

    story

    writing
    1990
  • Luminare

    writer

    writing
    1986

• actors (2 credits)

  • Awakening from the 20th Century

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1978

• camera (1 credits)

  • Perfect Lives

    camera operator

    camera
    1984