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Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. Though he directed many television movies, his best known feature-length works were arguably the action movie White Lightning starring Burt Reynolds, the biopic MacArthur starring Gregory Peck, and the horror anthology Nightmares.
Dec 27, 2014 · Joseph Sargent, a prolific director whose best-known film was 1974’s “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” and who won several Emmy Awards for directing TV movies, some of which explored ...
May 8, 2022 · Here's the letter that Steven Speilberg penned for Jaws: The Revenge director Joseph Sargent before production commenced on the maligned entry. Despite Jaws making Spielberg's career and being a groundbreaking movie, the production was also a famously nightmarish experience for its younger helmer.
Dec 22, 2014 · Joseph Sargent (July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) is an American film director. He has directed many television movies, but his best known feature film works are probably White Lightning, MacArthur, Nightmares and Jaws: The Revenge, with his most popular film being The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
Dec 23, 2014 · Emmy-winning film and TV director Joseph Sargent passed away in his Malibu home on Monday, from the lung disease COPD, at age 89. Even though Sargent’s career was not widely heralded, it was certainly prolific.
In his nearly five-hour interview, Joseph Sargent (1925-2014) talks about his early years as an actor on stage and in television. He describes learning the directing craft while shooting the television series Lassie, Gunsmoke, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Joseph Sargent was an award-winning director who worked in television and film for more than 50 years. He achieved particular renown for his powerful work in several acclaimed made-for-TV movies.
