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
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
Bedroom Thighs1986 · Director	Director
Oversexed1986 · Director	Director
Porked!1986 · Director	Director
Blow by Blow1986 · Director	Director
Shacking Up1985 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
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 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
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
Misty1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Slippery When Wet1976 · Director	Director
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Butterfly1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Laura's Toys1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego1974 · Director	Director
Confessions of a Young American Housewife1974 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
A Touch of Genie1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Bibi1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Deep Throat Part II1974 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Devil's Plaything1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sleepy Head1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Swedish Wildcats1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Young Playthings1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Siv, Anne & Sven1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Daddy, Darling1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill1970 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Karla1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Passion in Hot Hollows1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Marcy1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Indelicate Balance1969 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Vibrations1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Layout1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Wall of Flesh1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Seduction of Inga1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
All the Sins of Sodom1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Inga1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Odd Triangle1968 · Director	Director
Desire Under The Palms1968 · Director	Director
Deep Inside1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Love Rebellion1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
My Body Hungers1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Bed of Violence1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Anything for Money1967 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Sex Cycle1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Bed and How to Make It!1966 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Moonlighting Wives1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Swap and How They Make It1966 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Naked Fog1966 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TThe Love Merchant1966 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker1966 · Director	Director
Red Roses of Passion1966 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Skin Deep in Love1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Flesh and Lace1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Pandora and the Magic Box1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A-Peeling We Go-Go1965 · Director	Director
Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures1964 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Sin in the Suburbs1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sin You Sinners1963 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Nude in Charcoal1961 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer