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Joseph Sargent

  • Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Birthday: July 22, 1925

Joseph Sargent began his career in the 1950s as an actor in live TV dramas and second-rate syndicated series, and quickly decided to move behind the cameras. He subsequently became one of the most celebrated TV directors of all time, with sporadic big screen outings.

Sargent's desire to work and not "sit around" developing properties made him a TV producer's dream in the 1960s when he helmed episodes of "The Invaders", "Star Trek", "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and other series. He jumped to the big…more

Career Milestones

  • 2005

    Directed Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in the HBO movie "Warm Springs," which chronicles the life of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt before he became president until his death

  • 2004

    Directed the HBO movie "Something the Lord Made" which details the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and Vivien Thomas (Mos Def)

  • 2001

    Directed "Bojangles" the biography of African-American William "Bojangles" Robinson (Gregory Hines)

  • 2000

    Directed "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" starring Andy Garcia

  • 1999

    Won praise for his direction of the HBO drama "A Lesson Before Dying"

Awards

  • 2006

    Directors Guild of America: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies For Television

  • 2005

    Directors Guild of America: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies For Television

  • 1991

    Emmy: Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special

  • 1989

    Emmy: Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special

  • 1985

    Emmy: Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special

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