Joseph W. Sarno
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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Crew
The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill
Writer, Editor, Director
Anything for Money
Writer, Editor, Director
Deep Throat Part II
Screenplay, Director
Fäbodjäntan
Director, Writer, Producer
All About Gloria Leonard
Director
The Bed and How to Make It!
Writer, Editor, Director
Passion in Hot Hollows
Writer, Director
Laura's Toys
Writer, Director, Editor
Moonlighting Wives
Director, Writer
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Flesh and Lace
Director, Writer
Butterfly
Director, Writer
The Love Merchant
Writer, Director
Love's Island
Director, Writer
Sin You Sinners
Writer, Director
Confessions of a Young American Housewife
Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
Daddy, Darling
Director, Writer
The Horneymooners
Director
A Touch of Genie
Director, Writer, Editor
Suburban Secrets
Writer, Director
Pandora and the Magic Box
Director, Writer, Editor
Suzie Creamcheese
Director
A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker
Director
Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
Writer, Editor, Director
Deep Inside
Screenplay, Director
The Love Rebellion
Director, Screenplay
Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse
Screenplay, Director
The Sex Cycle
Director, Writer
Young Playthings
Director, Writer
To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa
Director, Writer
My Body Hungers
Director, Writer
Bed of Violence
Writer, Director
Vibrations
Director, Writer
Red Roses of Passion
Director, Screenplay
The Devil's Plaything
Writer, Director
The Layout
Director, Writer
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle
Director
Sin in the Suburbs
Writer, Director
All the Sins of Sodom
Writer, Director, Editor
The Seduction of Inga
Director, Writer
The Swap and How They Make It
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Desire Under The Palms
Director
Swedish Wildcats
Writer, Director
Marcy
Director, Editor, Writer
The Honey Cup
Director, Writer
The Indelicate Balance
Writer, Director
The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego
Director
Skin Deep in Love
Director, Writer
The Trouble with Young Stuff
Director
Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin
Writer, Director
Sleepy Head
Director, Writer
Slippery When Wet
Director
Karla
Writer, Director, Editor
The Naked Fog
Director, Screenplay
Sacrilege
Director, Screenplay, Editor
The Wall of Flesh
Editor, Director, Screenplay
Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan
Writer, Director
Tigresses
Writer, Director
Siv, Anne & Sven
Director, Writer
Nude in Charcoal
Writer, Director
Inside Jennifer Welles
Director
Inside Little Oral Annie
Director, Writer
A-Peeling We Go-Go
Director
The Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin
Director
Ball in the Family
Director
SS Operation Wolf Cub
Director
Screw the Right Thing
Director
Shacking Up
Director, Producer, Writer
Panting at the Opera
Director
The Girls of the B.L.O.
Director
Coming On America
Director
