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 (…
| Год | Название | Роль | Тип |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Masters of the Grind | В роли себя | Фильм |
| 2013 | The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies | В роли себя | Фильм |
| Год | Название | Работа | Тип |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Suburban Secrets | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1990 | Screw the Right Thing | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1989 | Hung Jury | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1989 | Coming On America | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1989 | The Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1989 | The Red Head | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1989 | Hyperkink | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1989 | The Big Pink | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | Suzie Creamcheese | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | Sex Starved | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | On Fire | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | Ball in the Family | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | Right Tool for the Job | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | The Horneymooners | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | Helgerån | Director, Screenplay, Editor | Фильм |
| 1988 | The Flirt | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | Panting at the Opera | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1988 | The Girls of the B.L.O. | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1987 | Double Agent | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1987 | Fresh | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1987 | Sexpionage | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1987 | Party Doll | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1987 | Sexpot | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1986 | Firebox | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1986 | Oversexed | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1986 | Bedroom Thighs | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1986 | Porked! | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1986 | Blow by Blow | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1985 | Shacking Up | Director, Producer, Writer | Фильм |
| 1985 | Taste of Pink | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1985 | Tight Delight | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1985 | Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1984 | Hot Stuff | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1984 | Stray Cats | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1984 | Inside Little Oral Annie | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1984 | Dirty Blonde | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1983 | SS Operation Wolf Cub | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1981 | Шелковистая | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1981 | Глубоко внутри Энни Спринкл | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1979 | Tigresses | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1978 | All About Gloria Leonard | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1978 | Рог викингов | Director, Writer, Producer | Фильм |
| 1977 | Kärleksön | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1977 | Inside Jennifer Welles | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1977 | The Trouble with Young Stuff | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1976 | The Honey Cup | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1976 | Misty | Director, Writer, Editor | Фильм |
| 1976 | Slippery When Wet | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1975 | Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town | Director, Screenplay, Editor | Фильм |
| 1975 | Бабочки | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1975 | Игрушки Лоры | Writer, Director, Editor | Фильм |
| 1974 | The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1974 | Признание молодой домохозяйки | Editor, Producer, Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1974 | A Touch of Genie | Director, Writer, Editor | Фильм |
| 1974 | Vild på sex | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1974 | Deep Throat Part II | Screenplay, Director | Фильм |
| 1973 | Игрушка дьявола | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1973 | Sleepy Head | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1972 | Дикие кошки из Швеции | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1972 | Young Playthings | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1971 | Siv, Anne & Sven | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1970 | Daddy, Darling | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1970 | The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill | Writer, Editor, Director | Фильм |
| 1969 | Karla | Writer, Director, Editor | Фильм |
| 1969 | Passion in Hot Hollows | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1969 | Marcy | Director, Editor, Writer | Фильм |
| 1969 | The Indelicate Balance | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1969 | The Layout | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1968 | The Wall of Flesh | Editor, Director, Screenplay | Фильм |
| 1968 | Någon att älska | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1968 | Kvinnolek | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1968 | All the Sins of Sodom | Writer, Director, Editor | Фильм |
| 1968 | Jag - en oskuld | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1968 | Odd Triangle | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1968 | Vibrations | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1968 | Desire Under The Palms | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1967 | Deep Inside | Screenplay, Director | Фильм |
| 1967 | The Love Rebellion | Director, Screenplay | Фильм |
| 1967 | My Body Hungers | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1967 | Bed of Violence | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1967 | Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse | Screenplay, Director | Фильм |
| 1967 | Anything for Money | Writer, Editor, Director | Фильм |
| 1967 | The Sex Cycle | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1967 | Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1966 | The Bed and How to Make It! | Writer, Editor, Director | Фильм |
| 1966 | Moonlighting Wives | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1966 | The Swap and How They Make It | Director, Editor, Screenplay | Фильм |
| 1966 | The Naked Fog | Director, Screenplay | Фильм |
| 1966 | The Love Merchant | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1966 | A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1966 | Red Roses of Passion | Director, Screenplay | Фильм |
| 1966 | Skin Deep in Love | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1965 | Flesh and Lace | Director, Writer | Фильм |
| 1965 | Pandora and the Magic Box | Director, Writer, Editor | Фильм |
| 1965 | A-Peeling We Go-Go | Режиссёр | Фильм |
| 1964 | Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures | Writer, Editor, Director | Фильм |
| 1964 | Sin in the Suburbs | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1963 | Sin You Sinners | Writer, Director | Фильм |
| 1961 | Nude in Charcoal | Writer, Director | Фильм |