of such adult features as Inside Jennifer Welles (1977) starring Jennifer Welles and Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle (1981) starring Annie Sprinkle. Over the course of his hardcore career, Sarno worked with such adult film stars as Harry Reems, Eric Edwards, Jamie Gillis, Marc Stevens, Marlene Willoughby, Gloria Leonard, Sonny Landham, Seka, and Ron Jeremy. Personal life and death Sarno married Peggy Steffans, who was younger than he and was a non-sex performing actress and costumer in some of his films, and they had a son. Sarno died of natural causes on April 26, 2010 at the age of 89 in his native New York City. Critical reputation Singled out for praise by critic Andrew Sarris during the 1970s, Sarno's work has been acknowledged in recent years by tributes at the New York Underground Film Festival, the Torino Film Festival in Turin, Italy, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, and The Andy Warhol Museum. Sarno has had a tribute at the British Film Institute in London and has given an honorary lecture at Lund University in Sweden. His career is being researched for a comprehensive biography by film historian Michael J. Bowen. Virgile Iscan interviewed Joe Sarno and his wife shortly before Sarno's death in 2010. The interviews appear in Iscan's documentary The Divine Joe Sarno. A Life in Dirty Movies is a 2013 Swedish documentary about Sarno and his wife, and their attempt to make one last film. Notes References External links Joe Sarno director credits at the AFDB A Life in Dirty Movies (2013) at the IMDb 1921 births 2010 deaths American male screenwriters Writers from New York City Film directors from New York City Screenwriters from New York (state)