Joseph Sargent

Infobox actor


imagesize = 150px
name = Joseph Sargent
birthdate = birth date and age|1925|07|22
location = Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
othername = Joseph Daniel Sargente
spouse = Carolyn Nelson (1970-present)
emmyawards = Outstanding Directing - Drama
1973 "The Marcus-Nelson Murders"
Outstanding Directing - Miniseries
1986 "Love is Never Silent"
1989 "Caroline?"
1992 "Miss Rose White"

Joseph Sargent (born 22 July 1925, Jersey City, New Jersey) 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 "". He has won four Emmy Awards.

Career

Sargent began his career as an actor. He switched to directing in the mid 1950s, with early credits including episodes of the television series "Lassie" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.".

In 1969 he directed his first feature, "", and in 1972 the controversial political drama "The Man", starring James Earl Jones.

In 1969 he won his first Directors Guild of America Award for "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", which spawned the long running TV series "Kojak".

He alternated between television movies and feature films during the 1970s. Output during this time included "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", the TV movies "Hustling" with Lee Remick and Jill Clayburgh and Tribes with Jan-Michael Vincent and Darren McGavin, as well as the international award-winning ABC film "The Night That Panicked America".

In the 1980s he directed the mini-series "The Manions of America", which featured Pierce Brosnan, and "Space".

In 1987 he directed "", the third sequel to Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic. The film received generally negative reviews. Roger Ebert particularly called his directing of the climatic sequence "incompetent,"cite web| author=Ebert, Roger| title=Jaws the Revenge|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19870720/REVIEWS/707200301/1023 |accessdate=2006-09-18] and he was nominated as "Worst Director" in the 1987 Golden Raspberry Awards. [cite web|title=1987 Archive|work=Razzies.com|url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=27|accessdate=2006-12-11]

He has concentrated on TV movies since "Jaws The Revenge". Notable credits includes "The Karen Carpenter Story", "The Long Island Incident", "Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment", and "Sybil".

Sargent has been nominated for several Emmy awards, and has won four. His first nomination came for his direction of the 1970 TV movie "Tribes". His second nomination, for 1973's "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", earned him his first win. He also won Emmys for 1985's "Love Is Never Silent", 1990s "Caroline?", and 1992's "Miss Rose White". He was also nominated for 1980s "Amber Waves", 1999's "A Lesson Before Dying", 2004's "Something the Lord Made", and 2005's "Warm Springs".

He won the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 2005 for "Something the Lord Made", and also in 2006 for "Warm Springs", starring Kenneth Branagh.

He has been married to "The Deadly Years" actress Carolyn Nelson since 1970, and has directed her in several of his projects, including the aforementioned "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" and "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three".

References

*cite press release |publisher=Universal Studios |date=1987 |title=Joseph Sargent "Jaws The Revenge" Universal News

External links

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* [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Joseph_Sargent/192434#fullBio Biography at Hollywood.com] Includes details of awards.