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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...
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 22, 2014 · Sargent was nominated for eight DGA Awards for movies for television, more than any other director in the category. He also directed a number of feature films, including The Taking of Pelham One Two Three , MacArthur and Jaws: The Revenge .
Veteran film and movies-for-television director Joseph Sargent (Something the Lord Made, Warm Springs, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three) discusses his long directorial career and shares his working philosophy from both on and off the set.
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.