Gerald Damiano, director of "Deep Throat," R.I.P.

Gerard Damiano, a hairdresser turned filmmaker whose best-known work, “Deep Throat,” created sensation in every possible meaning of the term when it was released in 1972, died on Saturday in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 80 and had lived in Fort Myers in recent years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/movies/29damiano-1.html?ref=obituaries

Mr. Damiano’s other well-known films as a director include “The Devil in Miss Jones” (1973), “Memories Within Miss Aggie” (1974) and “The Story of Joanna” (1975). His many other credits, only some of which can be rendered in a family periodical, include “Teenie Tulip” (1970), “Future Sodom” (1987) and “Young Girls in Tight Jeans” (1989).