Joseph W. Sarno

Known for: Directing
Born: March 15, 1921, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: April 26, 2010
Movies: 101

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.

Best-Known Movies

3.8

Deep Throat Part II

1974

5.9

Confessions of a Young American Housewife

1974

5.7

Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town

1975

4.5

The Devil's Plaything

1973

5.8

Butterfly

1975

4.6

Inga

1968

5.6

All the Sins of Sodom

1968

5.9

The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies

2013

5.3

Laura's Toys

1975

4.9

Bibi

1974

Filmography

2023	Masters of the Grind	Self
2013	The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2004	Suburban Secrets	Writer, Director
1990	Screw the Right Thing	Director
1989	Hung Jury	Director
1989	Coming On America	Director
1989	The Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin	Director
1989	The Red Head	Director
1989	Hyperkink	Director
1989	The Big Pink	Director
1988	Suzie Creamcheese	Director
1988	Sex Starved	Director
1988	On Fire	Director
1988	Ball in the Family	Director
1988	Right Tool for the Job	Director
1988	The Horneymooners	Director
1988	Sacrilege	Director, Screenplay
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	Shacking Up	Director, Producer, Writer
1985	Taste of Pink	Director
1985	Tight Delight	Director
1985	Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan	Writer, Director
1984	Hot Stuff	Director
1984	Stray Cats	Director
1984	Inside Little Oral Annie	Director, Writer
1984	Dirty Blonde	Director
1983	SS Operation Wolf Cub	Director
1981	Silky	Director
1981	Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle	Director
1979	Tigresses	Writer, Director
1978	All About Gloria Leonard	Director
1978	Come Blow the Horn!	Director, Writer, Producer
1977	Love's Island	Director, Writer
1977	Inside Jennifer Welles	Director
1977	The Trouble with Young Stuff	Director
1976	The Honey Cup	Director, Writer
1976	Misty	Director, Writer
1976	Slippery When Wet	Director
1975	Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town	Director, Screenplay
1975	Butterfly	Director, Writer
1975	Laura's Toys	Writer, Director
1974	The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego	Director
1974	Confessions of a Young American Housewife	Producer, Director, Writer
1974	A Touch of Genie	Director, Writer
1974	Bibi	Director, Writer
1974	Deep Throat Part II	Screenplay, Director
1973	The Devil's Plaything	Writer, Director
1973	Sleepy Head	Director, Writer
1972	Swedish Wildcats	Writer, Director
1972	Young Playthings	Director, Writer
1971	Siv, Anne & Sven	Director, Writer
1970	Daddy, Darling	Director, Writer
1970	The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill	Writer, Director
1969	Karla	Writer, Director
1969	Passion in Hot Hollows	Writer, Director
1969	Marcy	Director, Writer
1969	The Indelicate Balance	Writer, Director
1969	Vibrations	Director, Writer
1969	The Layout	Director, Writer
1968	The Wall of Flesh	Director, Screenplay
1968	The Seduction of Inga	Director, Writer
1968	To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa	Director, Writer
1968	All the Sins of Sodom	Writer, Director
1968	Inga	Director, Writer
1968	Odd Triangle	Director
1968	Desire Under the Palms	Director
1967	Deep Inside	Screenplay, Director
1967	The Love Rebellion	Director, Screenplay
1967	My Body Hungers	Director, Writer
1967	Bed of Violence	Writer, Director
1967	Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse	Screenplay, Director
1967	Anything for Money	Writer, Director
1967	The Sex Cycle	Director, Writer
1967	Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin	Writer, Director
1966	The Bed and How to Make It!	Writer, Director
1966	Moonlighting Wives	Director, Writer
1966	The Swap and How They Make It	Director, Screenplay
1966	The Naked Fog	Director, Screenplay
1966	The Love Merchant	Writer, Director
1966	A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker	Director
1966	Red Roses of Passion	Director, Screenplay
1966	Skin Deep in Love	Director, Writer
1965	Flesh and Lace	Director, Writer
1965	Pandora and the Magic Box	Director, Writer
1965	A-Peeling We Go-Go	Director
1964	Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures	Writer, Director
1964	Sin in the Suburbs	Writer, Director
1963	Sin You Sinners	Writer, Director
1961	Nude in Charcoal	Writer, Director

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