Joseph W. Sarno

Directing·Mar 15, 1921·Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Joseph W. Sarno (March 15, 1921 – April 26, 2010) was an American film director and screenwriter. One of the most prolific and distinctive auteurs to emerge from the proto-pornographic sexploitation film genre of the 1960s, Joe Sarno had written and directed approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation, softcore and hardcore genres as well as a number of shot-on-video features for the '80s hardcore video market. Sarno, a pioneer of the sexploitation film genre, completed his first adult-oriented feature in 1961. Among his best-known films in the genre are Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Flesh and Lace, The Bed and How to Make It, and Moonlighting Wives (1966). Sarno's work of the sexploitation period is typified by stark chiaroscuro lighting, long takes and rigorous staging. He was also well known for scenarios centering around issues of psycho-sexual anxiety and sexual identity development. During his sexploitation period, Sarno worked with such actors as Uta Erickson, Dyanne Thorne (star of the Ilsa series), Audrey Campbell (Olga's House of Shame series), Michael Alaimo, Patricia McNair, Tod Moore, and his cousin, Joe Santos, who would become a regular on television's The Rockford Files. Beginning in 1968, Sarno's work became somewhat more explicit, predicting the emergence of soft-core. His breakthrough feature Inga (1968), was one of the first X-rated films released in the United States. Other noteworthy soft-core features include Vibrations (1968), Passion in Hot Hollows (1969), Daddy, Darling (1970), Young Playthings (1972), Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974) and Misty (1975). Sarno was also the director of Deep Throat Part 2 (1974), the R-rated sequel to the hardcore classic Deep Throat. After 1968, Sarno's soft-core work was divided between films produced in the United States and films produced in Europe, principally Sweden, Germany and Denmark. Many of Sarno's European features were made with American backing. In Europe, he was known for having worked with actresses Marie Liljedahl, Christina Lindberg, Helli Louise, and Marie Forså. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph W. Sarno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Masters of the Grind2023 · Self	Self
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies2013 · Self	Self
Suburban Secrets2004 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Screw the Right Thing1990 · Director	Director
Hung Jury1989 · Director	Director
CComing On America1989 · Director	Director
The Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin1989 · Director	Director
The Red Head1989 · Director	Director
Hyperkink1989 · Director	Director
The Big Pink1989 · Director	Director
Suzie Creamcheese1988 · Director	Director
Sex Starved1988 · Director	Director
On Fire1988 · Director	Director
Ball in the Family1988 · Director	Director
Right Tool for the Job1988 · Director	Director
The Horneymooners1988 · Director	Director
Sacrilege1988 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Flirt1988 · Director	Director
PPanting at the Opera1988 · Director	Director
The Girls of the B.L.O.1988 · Director	Director
Double Agent1987 · Director	Director
Fresh1987 · Director	Director
Sexpionage1987 · Director	Director
Party Doll1987 · Director	Director
Sexpot1987 · Director	Director
Firebox1986 · Director	Director
Oversexed1986 · Director	Director
Bedroom Thighs1986 · Director	Director
Porked!1986 · Director	Director
Blow by Blow1986 · Director	Director
Shacking Up1985 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Taste of Pink1985 · Director	Director
Tight Delight1985 · Director	Director
Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan1985 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Hot Stuff1984 · Director	Director
Stray Cats1984 · Director	Director
Inside Little Oral Annie1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dirty Blonde1984 · Director	Director
SSS Operation Wolf Cub1983 · Director	Director
Silky1981 · Director	Director
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle1981 · Director	Director
Tigresses1979 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
All About Gloria Leonard1978 · Director	Director
Come Blow the Horn!1978 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Love's Island1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Inside Jennifer Welles1977 · Director	Director
The Trouble with Young Stuff1977 · Director	Director
The Honey Cup1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer