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name: "Nicholas Sgarro"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 September 1925"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-16T20:12:09.560948+00:00"
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# Nicholas Sgarro

Director. Born 10 September 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 September 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1973–1982
- **Also known as:** Nick Sgarro
- **Works often with:** Charles S. Dubin, Joel Oliansky, Leo Penn

## Biography

Nicholas Sgarro, also credited as Nick Sgarro, is an American director and former script supervisor. Born on 10 September 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began working in film and television in the 1960s as a script supervisor and continuity assistant on productions including *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), *The French Connection* (1971) and *The Exorcist* (1973).

He moved into directing in the mid-1970s, helming the feature *The Happy Hooker* (1975) and episodes of series such as *Kojak* (1973), *CHiPs* (1977) and *The A-Team* (1983). Sgarro is noted for directing 54 episodes of the soap opera *Knots Landing* (1980–1993) across all fourteen seasons, the only person to do so.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Also known for

- *The Exorcist* (1973), Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)
- *The French Connection* (1971), Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-connection.md)
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Continuity
- *The A-Team* (1983), Director
- *Lenny* (1974), Script Supervisor
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Script Supervisor
- *The Anderson Tapes* (1971), Script Supervisor
- *CHiPs* (1977), Director

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