Joe Sarno
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Sexploitation film director and screenwriter New York City, New York, USA
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Joseph William Sarno (15 March 1921, New York City - 26 April 2010) was an American film director and screenwriter. A pioneer of the sexploitation film genre, he completed his first adult-oriented feature, Nude in Charcoal, in 1961 at the age of 40, and went on to write and direct approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation, softcore and hardcore genres, as well as shot-on-video features for the 1980s hardcore market. His best-known films include Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Moonlighting Wives (1966) and Inside Seka. He died of natural causes in 2010 at the age of 89.
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American sexploitation film director and screenwriter who made about 75 theatrically released features.
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- Joe Sarno as an older man at a typewriter in a blue shirt — Amazon / IMDb Original source
- Joe Sarno as a younger man in a black turtleneck, black and white — TMDB Original source
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- Born
- Joseph William Sarno, 15 March 1921, New York City, USA; died 26 April 2010, New York City, USA
- Career
- First adult feature Nude in Charcoal (1961) at 40; about 75 theatrical features; Sin in the Suburbs, Moonlighting Wives, Inside Seka; returned with Suburban Secrets (2004) at 83
- Country
- United States
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Image credit: Dennis Cooper blog