- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 15, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- April 26, 2010
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 a…
Filmography
movieMasters of the Grind
2023 · Self
movieThe Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
2013 · Self
movieSuburban Secrets
2004 · Writer, Director
movieScrew the Right Thing
1990 · Director
movieHung Jury
1989 · Director
Coming On America
1989 · Director
movieThe Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin
1989 · Director
movieThe Red Head
1989 · Director
movieHyperkink
1989 · Director
movieThe Big Pink
1989 · Director
movieSuzie Creamcheese
1988 · Director
movieSex Starved
1988 · Director
movieOn Fire
1988 · Director
movieBall in the Family
1988 · Director
movieRight Tool for the Job
1988 · Director
movieThe Horneymooners
1988 · Director
movieSacrilege
1988 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieThe Flirt
1988 · Director
Panting at the Opera
1988 · Director
movieThe Girls of the B.L.O.
1988 · Director
movieDouble Agent
1987 · Director
movieFresh
1987 · Director
movieSexpionage
1987 · Director
movieParty Doll
1987 · Director
movieSexpot
1987 · Director
movieFirebox
1986 · Director
movieBedroom Thighs
1986 · Director
movieOversexed
1986 · Director
moviePorked!
1986 · Director
movieBlow by Blow
1986 · Director
movieShacking Up
1985 · Producer, Writer, Director
movieTaste of Pink
1985 · Director
movieTight Delight
1985 · Director
movieLittle Oral Annie Takes Manhattan
1985 · Writer, Director
movieHot Stuff
1984 · Director
movieStray Cats
1984 · Director
movieInside Little Oral Annie
1984 · Director, Writer
movieDirty Blonde
1984 · Director
SS Operation Wolf Cub
1983 · Director
movieSilky
1981 · Director
movieDeep Inside Annie Sprinkle
1981 · Director
movieTigresses
1979 · Writer, Director
movieAll About Gloria Leonard
1978 · Director
movieCome Blow the Horn!
1978 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieLove's Island
1977 · Director, Writer
movieInside Jennifer Welles
1977 · Director
movieThe Trouble with Young Stuff
1977 · Director
movieThe Honey Cup
1976 · Writer, Director
movieMisty
1976 · Writer, Director, Editor
movieSlippery When Wet
1976 · Director
movieAbigail Leslie Is Back in Town
1975 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieButterfly
1975 · Director, Writer
movieLaura's Toys
1975 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Switch or How to Alter Your Ego
1974 · Director
movieConfessions of a Young American Housewife
1974 · Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
movieA Touch of Genie
1974 · Writer, Director, Editor
movieBibi
1974 · Director, Writer
movieDeep Throat Part II
1974 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Devil's Plaything
1973 · Writer, Director
movieSleepy Head
1973 · Director, Writer
movieSwedish Wildcats
1972 · Writer, Director
movieYoung Playthings
1972 · Writer, Director
movieSiv, Anne & Sven
1971 · Director, Writer
movieDaddy, Darling
1970 · Director, Writer
movieThe Young, Erotic Fanny Hill
1970 · Writer, Editor, Director
movieKarla
1969 · Director, Editor, Writer
moviePassion in Hot Hollows
1969 · Writer, Director
movieMarcy
1969 · Writer, Editor, Director
movieThe Indelicate Balance
1969 · Writer, Director
movieThe Layout
1969 · Director, Writer
movieThe Wall of Flesh
1968 · Screenplay, Director, Editor
movieThe Seduction of Inga
1968 · Director, Writer
movieTo Ingrid, My Love, Lisa
1968 · Director, Writer
movieAll the Sins of Sodom
1968 · Writer, Director, Editor
movieInga
1968 · Writer, Director
movieOdd Triangle
1968 · Director
movieVibrations
1968 · Director, Writer
movieDesire Under The Palms
1968 · Director
movieDeep Inside
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Love Rebellion
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieMy Body Hungers
1967 · Writer, Director
movieBed of Violence
1967 · Writer, Director
movieCome Ride the Wild Pink Horse
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieAnything for Money
1967 · Writer, Editor, Director
movieThe Sex Cycle
1967 · Writer, Director
movieScarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin
1967 · Director, Writer
movieThe Bed and How to Make It!
1966 · Editor, Writer, Director
movieMoonlighting Wives
1966 · Director, Writer
movieThe Swap and How They Make It
1966 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieThe Naked Fog
1966 · Director, Screenplay
The Love Merchant
1966 · Writer, Director
movieA Sneak Peek at Strip Poker
1966 · Director
movieRed Roses of Passion
1966 · Screenplay, Director
movieSkin Deep in Love
1966 · Director, Writer
movieFlesh and Lace
1965 · Director, Writer
moviePandora and the Magic Box
1965 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieA-Peeling We Go-Go
1965 · Director
movieWarm Nights and Hot Pleasures
1964 · Editor, Writer, Director
movieSin in the Suburbs
1964 · Writer, Director
movieSin You Sinners
1963 · Writer, Director
movieNude in Charcoal
1961 · Writer, Director