FILM DIRECTOR

Joseph Sargent

1925 - 2014

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Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. He is best known for his feature-length works, like the action movie White Lightning starring Burt Reynolds, the biopic MacArthur starring Gregory Peck, and the horror anthology Nightmares. His most popular feature film was the subway thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Sargent won four Emmy Awards over his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Sargent is the 1,056th most popular film director (down from 998th in 2019), the 7,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,378th in 2019) and the 274th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph Sargent ranks 1,056 out of 2,041. Before him are Dennis Dugan, Hal Needham, Frederic Zelnik, Chris Wedge, Abram Room, and Mike Figgis. After him are Leopold Lindtberg, Ruth Orkin, Stanislav Rostotsky, Harry Beaumont, Mrinal Sen, and Curtis Bernhardt.

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Among people born in 1925, Joseph Sargent ranks 356. Before him are Simone Segouin, Iwao Takamoto, Joseph Engelberger, Vladimir Shainsky, Lyuben Berov, and Luis E. Miramontes. After him are Margaretha Krook, Klara Luchko, Medgar Evers, Borislav Stanković, Pyotr Todorovsky, and Asunción Balaguer. Among people deceased in 2014, Joseph Sargent ranks 334. Before him are Simón Díaz, Jonathan Williams, Lucien Clergue, Georg Stollenwerk, Simon Leys, and Hanna Maron. After him are Roger Lloyd-Pack, Joachim Fuchsberger, Al Pease, Imre Gedővári, Miloslava Rezková, and Jimi Jamison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Sargent ranks 7,443 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Smitrovich (1947), Hassler Whitney (1907), George Ord (1781), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Robert Durst (1943), and Chris Wedge (1957). After him are Bobby Jones (1902), William H. Crawford (1772), Jeff Sessions (1946), Aria Giovanni (1977), Steve Di Giorgio (1967), and Victor Sen Yung (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joseph Sargent ranks 274. Before him are Taylor Sheridan (1970), Iwao Takamoto (1925), Cameron Crowe (1957), Dennis Dugan (1946), Hal Needham (1931), and Chris Wedge (1957). After him are Ruth Orkin (1921), Harry Beaumont (1888), Irwin Winkler (1931), Aaron Norris (1951), John Lee Hancock (1956), and Chuck Russell (1958).

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