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Joseph William Stefano (May 5, 1922 – August 25, 2006) was an American screenwriter, known for adapting Robert Bloch's novel as the script for Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho, and for being the producer and co-writer of the original The Outer Limits television series.
- Screenwriter, producer, director
- August 25, 2006 (aged 84), Thousand Oaks, California
- Marilyn Epstein (1954–2006)
Joseph Stefano. Writer: Psycho. Creative horror screenwriter Joseph Stefano has been writing scripts since the early sixties. His first was The Black Orchid (1958). Less than a year later, he met his new friend, Alfred Hitchcock, to do the famous script for Psycho (1960). Stefano decided to drop the assignment for Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
- Additional Crew, Writer, Producer
- May 5, 1922
- Joseph Stefano
- August 25, 2006
May 5, 1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died. August 25, 2006 · Thousand Oaks, California, USA (heart attack) Birth name. Joseph William Stefano. Mini Bio. Creative horror screenwriter Joseph Stefano has been writing scripts since the early sixties. His first was The Black Orchid (1958).
- May 5, 1922
- August 25, 2006
Aug. 31, 2006 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Joseph Stefano, who wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller “Psycho” and was the influential first-season producer-writer of the...
Joseph Stefano. Screenwriter/Producer. 4 May 1922 to 24 August 2006. After Hitchcock's 1960 classic, Stefano re-visited Psycho's Norman Bates character on two further occasions with his scripts for Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) and Gus van Sant's 1998 remake of the original. He also wrote a flurry of TV movies in the 70s, including Revenge ...
Typewriter Joseph Stefano used to write the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) Maker. Produced by the Olympia Typewriter Company, Wilhelmshaven, West Germany. Materials. Metals, plastics, metal, fabric, and enamel paint. Collection.
Sep 13, 2006 · Joseph Stefano. Screenwriter who changed the plot of Hitchcock's Psycho. Ronald Bergan. Wed 13 Sep 2006 19.07 EDT. Though the contribution to the classic 1960 film Psycho made by its director...
