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Joseph Sargent

Joseph Sargent directed the HBO original movies A Lesson Before Dying and Miss Evers' Boys, both of which won the Emmy for TV movie. He received Emmys for directing Miss Rose White, Caroline, Love Is Never Silent and The Marcus-Nelson Murders. Among his other credits are The Incident (Emmy for drama/comedy special), Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, The Wall, Mandela and de Klerk, The Streets of Laredo and My Antonia.

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Joseph Sargent Facts

Birth NameGiuseppe Danielle Sorgente
OccupationDirector
BirthdayJuly 25, 1925 (82)
SignLeo
BirthplaceJersey City, New Jersey, USA

Selected Filmography

Something the Lord Made
Out of the Ashes
Miss Evers' Boys
Colossus
Haunted History
Taking of Pelham One Two Three
White Lightning
Jaws
MacArthur
Warm Springs
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