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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph W. Sarno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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Deep Throat Part II

(1974) Screenplay

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Confessions of a Young American Housewife

(1974) Writer

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Suburban Secrets

(2004) Writer

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Fäbodjäntan

(1978) Writer

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Bibi

(1974) Writer

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Daddy, Darling

(1970) Writer

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Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town

(1975) Screenplay

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All the Sins of Sodom

(1968) Writer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2013	Self	The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies 2013-03-27 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2004	Director	Suburban Secrets 2004-01-01 Movie
1990	Director	Screw the Right Thing 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Director	Hung Jury 1989-12-01 Movie
	Director	The Erotic Adventures Of Bedman And Throbbin 1989-06-22 Movie
	Director	Hyperkink 1989-02-23 Movie
	Director	Red Head 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Big Pink 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Director	Suzie Creamcheese 1988-12-31 Movie
	Director	Sex Starved 1988-11-17 Movie
	Director	Ball in the Family 1988-02-25 Movie
	Director	Sacrilege 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Flirt 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Panting at the Opera 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Girls of the B.L.O. 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Horneymooners 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	On Fire 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Director	Double Agent 1987-12-31 Movie
	Director	Fresh 1987-06-09 Movie
	Director	Sexpionage 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	Party Doll 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sexpot 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Director	Porked! 1986-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bedroom Thighs 1986-01-01 Movie
	Director	Oversexed 1986-01-01 Movie
	Director	Blow By Blow 1986-01-01 Movie
	Director	Firebox 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Director	Shacking Up 1985-10-17 Movie
	Director	Tight Delight 1985-04-20 Movie
	Director	Taste of Pink 1985-04-20 Movie
	Director	Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Director	Inside Little Oral Annie 1984-07-19 Movie
	Director	Hot Stuff 1984-03-03 Movie
	Director	Stray Cats 1984-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dirty Blonde 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Director	SS Operation Wolf Cub 1983-01-01 Movie
1981	Director	Silky 1981-03-24 Movie
	Director	Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle 1981-01-01 Movie
1979	Director	Tigresses 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Director	All About Gloria Leonard 1978-12-14 Movie
	Director	Fäbodjäntan 1978-09-25 Movie
1977	Director	Love's Island 1977-11-28 Movie
	Director	Inside Jennifer Welles 1977-07-15 Movie
	Director	The Trouble with Young Stuff 1977-03-04 Movie
1976	Director	The Honey Cup 1976-12-01 Movie
	Director	Misty 1976-10-01 Movie
	Director	Slippery When Wet 1976-04-01 Movie
1975	Director	Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town 1975-09-01 Movie
	Director	Butterfly 1975-03-14 Movie
	Director	Laura's Toys 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego 1974-12-01 Movie
	Director	Confessions of a Young American Housewife 1974-06-11 Movie
	Director	A Touch of Genie 1974-05-23 Movie
	Director	Bibi 1974-05-10 Movie
	Director	Deep Throat Part II 1974-02-01 Movie
1973	Director	The Devil's Plaything 1973-10-15 Movie
	Director	Sleepy Head 1973-09-24 Movie
1972	Director	Swedish Wildcats 1972-01-20 Movie
	Director	Young Playthings 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Director	Siv, Anne & Sven 1971-08-26 Movie
1970	Director	Daddy, Darling 1970-11-01 Movie
	Director	The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill 1970-09-24 Movie
1969	Director	Karla 1969-08-27 Movie
	Director	Passion in Hot Hollows 1969-07-30 Movie
	Director	Marcy 1969-07-16 Movie
	Director	The Indelicate Balance 1969-05-11 Movie
	Director	The Layout 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Director	The Wall of Flesh 1968-10-29 Movie
	Director	The Seduction of Inga 1968-10-18 Movie
	Director	To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa 1968-08-07 Movie
	Director	All the Sins of Sodom 1968-06-17 Movie
	Director	Inga 1968-04-13 Movie
	Director	Deep Inside 1968-02-01 Movie
	Director	Vibrations 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Desire Under The Palms 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Odd Triangle 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Director	The Love Rebellion 1967-10-01 Movie
	Director	My Body Hungers 1967-09-01 Movie
	Director	Bed of Violence 1967-08-31 Movie
	Director	Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse 1967-08-09 Movie
	Director	Anything for Money 1967-05-01 Movie
	Director	The Sex Cycle 1967-01-23 Movie
	Director	Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Director	The Bed and How to Make It! 1966-12-04 Movie
	Director	Moonlighting Wives 1966-09-21 Movie
	Director	The Swap and How They Make It 1966-05-26 Movie
	Director	The Naked Fog 1966-03-23 Movie
	Director	The Love Merchant 1966-01-01 Movie
	Director	Red Roses of Passion 1966-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Director	Flesh and Lace 1965-12-01 Movie
	Director	Pandora and the Magic Box 1965-01-01 Movie
	Director	A-Peeling We Go-Go 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Director	Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures 1964-10-03 Movie
	Director	Sin in the Suburbs 1964-02-21 Movie
1963	Director	Sin You Sinners 1963-01-01 Movie
1961	Director	Nude in Charcoal 1961-03-01 Movie
	Director	Skin Deep in Love Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2004	Writer	Suburban Secrets 2004-01-01 Movie
1988	Screenplay	Sacrilege 1988-01-01 Movie
1985	Writer	Shacking Up 1985-10-17 Movie
1984	Writer	Inside Little Oral Annie 1984-07-19 Movie
1979	Writer	Tigresses 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Writer	Fäbodjäntan 1978-09-25 Movie
1977	Writer	Love's Island 1977-11-28 Movie
1976	Writer	The Honey Cup 1976-12-01 Movie
	Writer	Misty 1976-10-01 Movie
1975	Screenplay	Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town 1975-09-01 Movie
	Writer	Butterfly 1975-03-14 Movie
	Writer	Laura's Toys 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Writer	Confessions of a Young American Housewife 1974-06-11 Movie
	Writer	A Touch of Genie 1974-05-23 Movie
	Writer	Bibi 1974-05-10 Movie
	Screenplay	Deep Throat Part II 1974-02-01 Movie
1973	Writer	The Devil's Plaything 1973-10-15 Movie
	Writer	Sleepy Head 1973-09-24 Movie
1972	Writer	Swedish Wildcats 1972-01-20 Movie
	Writer	Young Playthings 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Writer	Siv, Anne & Sven 1971-08-26 Movie
1970	Writer	Daddy, Darling 1970-11-01 Movie
	Writer	The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill 1970-09-24 Movie
1969	Writer	Karla 1969-08-27 Movie
	Writer	Passion in Hot Hollows 1969-07-30 Movie
	Writer	Marcy 1969-07-16 Movie
	Writer	The Indelicate Balance 1969-05-11 Movie
	Writer	The Layout 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Screenplay	The Wall of Flesh 1968-10-29 Movie
	Writer	The Seduction of Inga 1968-10-18 Movie
	Writer	To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa 1968-08-07 Movie
	Writer	All the Sins of Sodom 1968-06-17 Movie
	Writer	Inga 1968-04-13 Movie
	Screenplay	Deep Inside 1968-02-01 Movie
	Writer	Vibrations 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Screenplay	The Love Rebellion 1967-10-01 Movie
	Writer	My Body Hungers 1967-09-01 Movie
	Writer	Bed of Violence 1967-08-31 Movie
	Screenplay	Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse 1967-08-09 Movie
	Writer	Anything for Money 1967-05-01 Movie
	Writer	The Sex Cycle 1967-01-23 Movie
	Writer	Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Writer	The Bed and How to Make It! 1966-12-04 Movie
	Writer	Moonlighting Wives 1966-09-21 Movie
	Screenplay	The Swap and How They Make It 1966-05-26 Movie
	Screenplay	The Naked Fog 1966-03-23 Movie
	Screenplay	Red Roses of Passion 1966-01-01 Movie
	Writer	The Love Merchant 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Writer	Flesh and Lace 1965-12-01 Movie
	Writer	Pandora and the Magic Box 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Writer	Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures 1964-10-03 Movie
	Writer	Sin in the Suburbs 1964-02-21 Movie
1963	Writer	Sin You Sinners 1963-01-01 Movie
1961	Writer	Nude in Charcoal 1961-03-01 Movie
	Writer	Skin Deep in Love Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1988	Editor	Sacrilege 1988-01-01 Movie
1975	Editor	Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town 1975-09-01 Movie
	Editor	Laura's Toys 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Editor	Confessions of a Young American Housewife 1974-06-11 Movie
	Editor	A Touch of Genie 1974-05-23 Movie
1970	Editor	The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill 1970-09-24 Movie
1969	Editor	Karla 1969-08-27 Movie
	Editor	Marcy 1969-07-16 Movie
1968	Editor	The Wall of Flesh 1968-10-29 Movie
	Editor	All the Sins of Sodom 1968-06-17 Movie
1967	Editor	Anything for Money 1967-05-01 Movie
1966	Editor	The Bed and How to Make It! 1966-12-04 Movie
	Editor	The Swap and How They Make It 1966-05-26 Movie
1965	Editor	Pandora and the Magic Box 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Editor	Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures 1964-10-03 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1985	Producer	Shacking Up 1985-10-17 Movie
1978	Producer	Fäbodjäntan 1978-09-25 Movie
1974	Producer	Confessions of a Young American Housewife 1974-06-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv