JOE SARGENT
Lake Arrowhead Film Festival Award for
Exceptional Achievement in Directing

Director Joseph Sargent began making movies at age 11 when his uncle gave him an 8mm camera. He graduated from New York ’s New School for Social Research with a Degree in Theatre Arts and completed his post-graduate studies with the legendary Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler. Sargent began his career as an actor, appearing in many Broadway and off-Broadway productions, live television, and films. He made the transition from theatre to film when he was made special assistant to Stanley Kubrick during the production of One-Eyed Jacks, with Marlon Brando.

During a career that has spanned several decades, Joseph has become one of the most accomplished directors in the history of television. His two-hour feature films include Warm Springs (2005) and Something the Lord Made (2004). Warm Springs, a historical drama that presented a unique perspective of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, received the Emmy Award for Best Movie Made for Television. Something the Lord Made received the Emmy Award for Best Movie Made for Television, the American Film Institute (AFI) Award of Excellence, and was the recipient of the Director’s Guild of America (DGA) Outstanding Directorial Achievement Award.

In addition to the most recent awards in 2004 and 2005, Joseph has won four Emmys for Best Director of a Movie and Mini Series, and has been responsible for such productions as; Day One, Caroline? (Emmy Award), Miss Rose White (Emmy Award), Somebody’s Daughter, Skylark (starring Glenn Close), Abraham, World War II: When Lions Roared, Streets of Laredo , Mandela and de Klerk, Miss Evers’ Boy (Emmy Award), starring Alfred Woodward, and the multiple Emmy award-winning, A Lesson Before Dying.

Most recently, Joseph Sargent directed Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008) and Sybil (2007). Joseph will receive his award during the Gala Awards Dinner on Friday evening.