Joseph Sargent

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Joseph Sargent
Born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente
(1925-07-22)July 22, 1925
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died December 22, 2014(2014-12-22) (aged 89)
Malibu, California, U.S.
Cause of death Heart disease
Other names Joseph Daniel Sargent
Occupation Film director
Years active 1951–2009
Known for White Lightning
MacArthur
Nightmares
Jaws: The Revenge
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Spouse(s) Mary Carver (1952–1968) (divorced) (2 children)
Carolyn Nelson (1970-2014) (his death)
Children Lia Sargent
Athena Sargent

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 theatrical releases: Burt Reynolds action movie White Lightning, Gregory Peck biopic MacArthur, and horror anthology Nightmares. His most popular feature film was subway thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Sargent won four Emmy Awards over his career.

He is the father of anime dubbing voice actress Lia Sargent.

Life and career

Sargent was born as Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Italians Maria (née Noviello) and Domenico Sorgente.[1][2] Sargent began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous films and television programs.

He appeared in an uncredited role as a soldier in the film From Here to Eternity (1953) where he also meet his first wife Mary Carver on the set. In the mid 1950s Sargent switched to directing; over the next 15 years his directing credits would include episodes of television series Lassie, The Invaders, The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and Star Trek.

In 1969, he directed his first feature, science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, and in 1972 The Man, starring James Earl Jones, which was begun as a television movie.

He alternated between television movies and feature films during the 1970s. Sargent's directorial work from this period includes; 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 international award-winning ABC film The Night That Panicked America. In 1974, he won his first Directors Guild of America Award for The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973), which was the TV movie pilot for the Kojak series.

In the 1980s, Sargent directed mini-series Manions of America, which featured Pierce Brosnan, and Space. In 1987 he directed Jaws: The Revenge, the third sequel to Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic. The film received mostly negative reviews. Roger Ebert called his directing of the climactic sequence "incompetent,"[3] and he was nominated for Worst Director in the 1987 Golden Raspberry Awards.[4]

He concentrated on TV movies after Jaws: The Revenge, including The Karen Carpenter Story, The Long Island Incident, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and the 2007 remake of Sally Field docudrama Sybil.

Joseph Sargent and his wife Carolyn Nelson Sargent laid the groundwork for Deaf West Theatre.[5]

Sargent spent time as the Senior Filmmaker-in-Residence for the Directing program at the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles.

Sargent died of complications from heart disease at his home in Malibu, California, on December 22, 2014. He was 89.[6]

Awards

Sargent was nominated for several Emmy awards. He won four. His first nomination came for his direction of TV movie Tribes (1970). His second nomination, for Kojak pilot The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973), resulted in his first Emmy win. He also won Emmys for Love Is Never Silent (1985), Caroline? (1990) and Miss Rose White (1992).

Sargent was also nominated for Amber Waves (1980), A Lesson Before Dying (1999), Something the Lord Made (2004) and Warm Springs (2005), in which Kenneth Branagh played president Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Early in his career, he won a Directors Guild of America award for the Kojak pilot. Sargent was nominated for eight DGA awards for television movies, more than any other director in this category. In 2005 he won the DGA Outstanding Directorial Achievement award for Something the LORD Made, and another the following year for Warm Springs.

Filmography

Year Film Director Producer Actor Notes
1953 From Here to Eternity
No
1967 Tobruk
No
1968 The Hell with Heroes
No
1970 Colossus: The Forbin Project
No
1972 The Man
No
1973 White Lightning
No
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
No
1975 The Night That Panicked America
No
No
1977 MacArthur
No
1981 Manions of America
No
1983 Nightmares
No
1985 Love Is Never Silent
No
1985 Space
No
Emmy Award, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special

Emmy Award nominee, Outstanding Limited Series
Artios Award nominee, Best Casting for TV Miniseries

1987 Jaws: The Revenge
No
No
Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Picture
Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Director
1989 The Karen Carpenter Story
No
1998 Mandela and de Klerk
No
The Long Island Incident
No
1999 A Lesson Before Dying
No
2004 Something the Lord Made
No
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Television Film
2005 Warm Springs
No
2007 Sybil
No
2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear
No

References

  1. BRUCE BENNETT. "New York's Greatest Starring Roles". nysun.com.
  2. "Joseph Sargent Biography (1925-)". filmreference.com.
  3. Ebert, Roger. "Jaws the Revenge". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved September 18, 2006.
  4. "1987 Archive". Razzies.com. Retrieved December 11, 2006.
  5. "The Deaf West Theatre". DeafWest.org. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  6. Dave McNary. "Emmy-Winning Director Joseph Sargent Dies at 89". Variety.

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