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Joseph Stefano (I) (1922–2006)

Miscellaneous Crew | Writer | Producer

Creative horror screenwriter Joseph Stefano has been writing scripts since the early sixties. His first was The Black Orchid. Less than a year later, he met his new friend, Alfred Hitchcock, to do the famous script for Psycho. Stefano decided to drop the script for Hitchcock's The Birds... See full bio »

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Joseph William Stefano
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Thousand Oaks, California, USA
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The Outer Limits (TV series) (executive consultant - 66 episodes, 1995-1999) (senior advisor - 8 episodes, 2000-2001)
– Time to Time (2001) (senior advisor)
– Flower Child (2001) (senior advisor)
– Worlds Within (2001) (senior advisor)
– Patient Zero (2001) (senior advisor)
– Gettysburg (2000) (senior advisor)
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1990-1991 Swamp Thing (TV series) (developer for television - 14 episodes)
– The Prometheus Parabola (1991) (developer for television)
– The Shipment (1990) (developer for television)
– From Beyond the Grave (1990) (developer for television)
– Falco (1990) (developer for television)
– New Acquaintance (1990) (developer for television)
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1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning (TV movie) (executive production consultant)
 
Show ShowWriter (33 titles)
2010 Shadow
 
1998 Psycho (screenplay)
 
1997-1998 The Outer Limits (TV series)
– Nightmare (1998) (original episode)
– Feasibility Study (1997) (written by)
 
1995 Two Bits (written by)
 
1990 Swamp Thing (TV series)
– The Shipment (1990) (story)
– Falco (1990) (writer)
– The Death of Dr. Arcane (1990) (story)
– The Living Image (1990) (story)
– The Emerald Heart (1990) (writer)
 
1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning (TV movie) (written by)
 
1988 Blackout (writer)
 
1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
– Skin of Evil (1988) (story / teleplay)
 
1987 The Kindred (written by)
 
1977 Snowbeast (TV movie) (written by)
 
1974 Aloha Means Goodbye (TV movie)
 
1974 Live Again, Die Again (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1973 The Magician (TV series)
– Pilot (1973) (story)
 
1972 Home for the Holidays (TV movie) (written by)
 
1971 A Death of Innocence (TV movie)
 
1971 Revenge (TV movie)
 
1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
– False Spring (1971) (writer)
 
1969 Futz (screenplay)
 
1969 Eye of the Cat (written by)
 
1964 The Unknown (TV movie)
 
1963-1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
– The Forms of Things Unknown (1964) (written by)
– The Chameleon (1964) (story)
– A Feasibility Study (1964) (written by)
– Fun and Games (1964) (teleplay)
– Moonstone (1964) (story)
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1964 The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (TV movie)
 
1963 Mr. Novak (TV series)
– First Year, First Day (1963) (writer)
 
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
– A Game for Alternate Mondays (1963) (written by)
 
1962 Saints and Sinners (TV series)
– Source of Information (1962) (written by)
 
1961 The Naked Edge (screenplay)
 
1960 Psycho (screenplay)
 
1960 The Detectives (TV series)
– Song of Songs (1960)
– The Bad Eye of Rose Rosetti (1960)
– Life in the Balance (1960)
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
– The Young Juggler (1960) (adaptation)
 
1959-1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– Lear vs. the Committeeman (1960) (written by)
– Hitler's Secret (1959) (writer)
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Made in Japan (1959) (story)
 
1958 The Black Orchid (writer)
 
1958 Fast and Sexy (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (6 titles)
1995 Two Bits (executive producer)
 
1990 Swamp Thing (TV series) (supervising producer - 13 episodes)
– The Shipment (1990) (supervising producer)
– From Beyond the Grave (1990) (supervising producer)
– Falco (1990) (supervising producer)
– New Acquaintance (1990) (supervising producer)
– Treasure (1990) (supervising producer)
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1988 Blackout (producer)
 
1964 The Unknown (TV movie) (producer)
 
1963-1964 The Outer Limits (TV series) (producer - 32 episodes)
– The Forms of Things Unknown (1964) (producer)
– The Chameleon (1964) (producer)
– Production and Decay of Strange Particles (1964) (producer)
– A Feasibility Study (1964) (producer)
– The Special One (1964) (producer)
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1964 The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1964 The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Comparativa: Psicosis (2011) (in memory of)
 
2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (documentary) (in memory of)
 
2004 Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (14 titles)
2011 Dark Dreamers (TV series) (completed)
Himself
– George Clayton Johnson & William F. Nolan … Himself
– Joseph Stefano … Himself
 
2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 'Strangers on a Train': A Hitchcock Classic (video documentary short)
Himself - Screenwriter
 
2004 Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Janet Leigh (2003) … Himself
 
2000 Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Trouble with Marnie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Reputations (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Alfred Hitchcock (1999) … Himself
 
1999 'Psycho' Path (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Anthony Perkins (1998) … Himself
 
1997 The Making of 'Psycho' (video documentary)
Himself, screenwriter
 
1997 A-Z of Horror (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Outer Limits Phenomenon (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"I think doing the screenplay for Psycho has done me more harm than good. Through the years it has made it very difficult for me to get some of the other kinds of pictures that I would have like to have gone on to". See more »

Trivia:

His big break into show business came when he was hired as a writer for the Ted Mack Family Hour. See more »

Star Sign:

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