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…

Directed

1. Deep Throat Part II (1974) — Director
2. Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974) — Director
3. Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town (1975) — Director
4. The Devil's Plaything (1973) — Director
5. Butterfly (1975) — Director
6. Inga (1968) — Director
7. All the Sins of Sodom (1968) — Director
8. Laura's Toys (1975) — Director
9. Bibi (1974) — Director
10. A Touch of Genie (1974) — Director
11. The Seduction of Inga (1968) — Director
12. Sin in the Suburbs (1964) — Director
13. Daddy, Darling (1970) — Director
14. Red Roses of Passion (1966) — Director
15. Swedish Wildcats (1972) — Director
16. Suburban Secrets (2004) — Director
17. Come Blow the Horn! (1978) — Director
18. Deep Inside (1967) — Director
19. Vibrations (1968) — Director
20. Misty (1976) — Director
21. Moonlighting Wives (1966) — Director
22. The Sex Cycle (1967) — Director
23. Sin You Sinners (1963) — Director
24. Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle (1981) — Director
25. My Body Hungers (1967) — Director
26. The Swap and How They Make It (1966) — Director
27. The Love Merchant (1966) — Director
28. Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964) — Director
29. Pandora and the Magic Box (1965) — Director
30. Inside Little Oral Annie (1984) — Director
31. The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill (1970) — Director
32. Passion in Hot Hollows (1969) — Director
33. Flesh and Lace (1965) — Director
34. Love's Island (1977) — Director
35. The Love Rebellion (1967) — Director
36. Young Playthings (1972) — Director
37. Desire Under The Palms (1968) — Director
38. Inside Jennifer Welles (1977) — Director
39. The Layout (1969) — Director
40. Odd Triangle (1968) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies (2013) — Self
2. Masters of the Grind (2023) — Self