Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Joseph Sargent has been making movies since he was 11.

He has Directed such television and movies including "Lassie", "Gunsmoke", "Bonanza", "Star Trek", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Disneyland", "The Man Who Died Twice", "Amber Waves", "The Manions of America", "Choices of the Heart", "Space", "Love Is Never Silent", "Jaws: The Revenge", "Abraham", "Streets of Laredo", "Miss Evers’ Boys", "Crime and Punishment", "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story", "Bojangles", "Salem Witch Trials", "Something the Lord Made", "Warm Springs" and he has just completed "Sybil".