Joseph W. Sarno
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-03-15
Day of Death
2010-04-26 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Joseph W. Sarno
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2023)
Masters of the Grind
as Self
(2013)
Crew
(2004)
Suburban Secrets
Writer, Director
(1990)
Screw the Right Thing
Director
(1989)
Hyperkink
Director
(1989)
(1989)
The Red Head
Director
(1989)
The Big Pink
Director
(1989)
Hung Jury
Director
(1989)
Coming On America
Director
(1988)
The Horneymooners
Director
(1988)
Suzie Creamcheese
Director
(1988)
On Fire
Director
(1988)
Sacrilege
Director, Screenplay, Editor
(1988)
Sex Starved
Director
(1988)
Ball in the Family
Director
(1988)
The Flirt
Director
(1988)
Panting at the Opera
Director
(1988)
The Girls of the B.L.O.
Director
(1987)
Double Agent
Director
(1987)
Fresh
Director
(1987)
Sexpionage
Director
(1987)
Party Doll
Director
(1987)
Sexpot
Director
(1986)
Firebox
Director
(1986)
Oversexed
Director
(1986)
Bedroom Thighs
Director
(1986)
Porked!
Director
(1986)
Blow by Blow
Director
(1985)
Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan
Writer, Director
(1985)
Taste of Pink
Director
(1985)
Tight Delight
Director
(1985)
Shacking Up
Director, Producer, Writer
(1984)
Stray Cats
Director
(1984)
Hot Stuff
Director
(1984)
Inside Little Oral Annie
Director, Writer
(1984)
Dirty Blonde
Director
(1983)
SS Operation Wolf Cub
Director
(1981)
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle
Director
(1981)
Silky
Director
(1979)
Tigresses
Writer, Director
(1978)
Fäbodjäntan
Director, Writer, Producer
(1978)
All About Gloria Leonard
Director
(1977)
Love's Island
Director, Writer
(1977)
The Trouble with Young Stuff
Director
(1977)
Inside Jennifer Welles
Director
(1976)
The Honey Cup
Director, Writer
(1976)
Slippery When Wet
Director
(1976)
Misty
Director, Writer
(1975)
Laura's Toys
Writer, Director, Editor
(1975)
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
Director, Screenplay, Editor
(1975)
Butterfly
Director, Writer
(1974)
Deep Throat Part II
Screenplay, Director
(1974)
Bibi
Director, Writer
(1974)
Confessions of a Young American Housewife
Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
(1974)
A Touch of Genie
Director, Writer, Editor
(1974)
(1973)
The Devil's Plaything
Writer, Director
(1973)
Sleepy Head
Director, Writer
(1972)
Young Playthings
Director, Writer
(1972)
Swedish Wildcats
Writer, Director
(1971)
Siv, Anne & Sven
Director, Writer
(1970)
The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill
Writer, Editor, Director
(1970)
Daddy, Darling
Director, Writer
(1969)
Passion in Hot Hollows
Writer, Director
(1969)
The Layout
Director, Writer
(1969)
Marcy
Director, Editor, Writer
(1969)
The Indelicate Balance
Writer, Director
(1969)
Karla
Writer, Director, Editor
(1968)
To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa
Director, Writer
(1968)
Odd Triangle
Director
(1968)
Vibrations
Director, Writer
(1968)
All the Sins of Sodom
Writer, Director, Editor
(1968)
The Seduction of Inga
Director, Writer
(1968)
Desire Under The Palms
Director
(1968)
Inga
Director, Writer
(1968)
The Wall of Flesh
Editor, Director, Screenplay
(1967)
Anything for Money
Writer, Editor, Director
(1967)
Deep Inside
Screenplay, Director
(1967)
The Love Rebellion
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse
Screenplay, Director
(1967)
The Sex Cycle
Director, Writer
(1967)
My Body Hungers
Director, Writer
(1967)
Bed of Violence
Writer, Director
(1967)
Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin
Writer, Director
(1966)
The Bed and How to Make It!
Writer, Editor, Director
(1966)
Moonlighting Wives
Director, Writer
(1966)
The Love Merchant
Writer, Director
(1966)
A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker
Director
(1966)
Red Roses of Passion
Director, Screenplay
(1966)
The Swap and How They Make It
Director, Editor, Screenplay
(1966)
Skin Deep in Love
Director, Writer
(1966)
The Naked Fog
Director, Screenplay
(1965)
Flesh and Lace
Director, Writer
(1965)
Pandora and the Magic Box
Director, Writer, Editor
(1965)
A-Peeling We Go-Go
Director
(1964)
Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
Writer, Editor, Director
(1964)
Sin in the Suburbs
Writer, Director
(1963)
Sin You Sinners
Writer, Director
(1961)
Nude in Charcoal
Writer, Director