Joseph Stefano, a renowned creative horror screenwriter, has been crafting scripts since the early 1960s. His debut script, The Black Orchid, was written in 1958. Little more than a year later, he crossed paths with the illustrious Alfred Hitchcock, with whom he collaborated on the iconic script for Psycho, released in 1960. Stefano subsequently decided to forgo the assignment for Hitchcock's The Birds, which premiered in 1963.
Personal Details
BornMay 5, 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Career
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2021
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2000
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1998

Psycho as Screenplay
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1995

Two Bits as Writer
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1990

Psycho IV: The Beginning as Writer
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1988

Blackout as Writer
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1987

The Kindred as Writer
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1977

Snowbeast as Writer
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1974

Home for the Holidays as Writer
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Aloha Means Goodbye as Writer
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1971

Revenge! as Writer
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A Death of Innocence as Writer
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1969

Eye of the Cat as Writer
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Futz as Screenplay
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1964

The Unknown as Writer
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1961

The Naked Edge as Screenplay
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1960

Psycho as Screenplay
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1958

The Black Orchid as Writer
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1964

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre as Director, Screenplay
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1990

Swamp Thing as Creator