Joseph W. Sarno
Directing · Born Mar 15, 1921 · Died Apr 26, 2010 (89) · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Directed
Suburban Secrets
20044.1
Screw the Right Thing
19906.0
Hung Jury
19898.0
The Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin
1989
The Red Head
19896.5
Hyperkink
19896.5
The Big Pink
19898.0
Suzie Creamcheese
19888.0
Sex Starved
19886.0
On Fire
19889.0
Ball in the Family
19885.0
Right Tool for the Job
19888.0
The Horneymooners
19888.0
Sacrilege
198810.0
The Flirt
19889.0
The Girls of the B.L.O.
19888.0
Double Agent
19877.0
Fresh
1987
Sexpionage
19877.0
Party Doll
198710.0
Sexpot
19879.0
Firebox
19867.0
Bedroom Thighs
1986
Oversexed
19865.0
Porked!
19869.0
Blow by Blow
19868.0
Shacking Up
1985
Taste of Pink
198510.0
Tight Delight
19856.3
Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan
19857.0
Hot Stuff
19847.0
Stray Cats
19847.2
Inside Little Oral Annie
19847.3
Dirty Blonde
19847.0
Silky
19817.0
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle
19816.9
Tigresses
19798.6
All About Gloria Leonard
19789.0
Come Blow the Horn!
19784.2
Love's Island
19774.8
Inside Jennifer Welles
19775.6
The Trouble with Young Stuff
19777.0
The Honey Cup
19767.0
Misty
19764.9
Slippery When Wet
19768.0
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
19755.7
Butterfly
19755.8
Laura's Toys
19755.3
The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego
19744.8
Confessions of a Young American Housewife
19745.9
A Touch of Genie
19745.9
Bibi
19744.9
Deep Throat Part II
19743.8
The Devil's Plaything
19734.5
Sleepy Head
19736.5
Swedish Wildcats
19724.7
Young Playthings
19723.7
Siv, Anne & Sven
19714.0
Daddy, Darling
19705.1
The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill
19704.7
Karla
196910.0
Passion in Hot Hollows
19693.8
Marcy
19695.2
The Indelicate Balance
19693.7
Vibrations
19695.2
The Layout
19693.6
The Wall of Flesh
19683.7
The Seduction of Inga
19684.4
To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa
19683.3
All the Sins of Sodom
19685.6
Inga
19684.6
Odd Triangle
19684.2
Desire Under The Palms
19684.7
Deep Inside
19673.6
The Love Rebellion
19675.3
My Body Hungers
19674.5
Bed of Violence
19674.0
Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse
19674.0
Anything for Money
19673.0
The Sex Cycle
19675.3
Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin
19673.7
The Bed and How to Make It!
19664.7
Moonlighting Wives
19665.1
The Swap and How They Make It
19663.9
The Naked Fog
19668.0
A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker
19666.0
The Love Merchant
19664.9
Red Roses of Passion
19665.1
Skin Deep in Love
19663.0
Flesh and Lace
19654.3
Pandora and the Magic Box
19653.7
A-Peeling We Go-Go
19651.0
Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
19644.7
Sin in the Suburbs
19645.9
Sin You Sinners
19633.4
Nude in Charcoal
19615.0
