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name: "Joseph Sistrom"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-sistrom"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 August 1912"
died: "7 April 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:54:59.650011+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joseph Sistrom

Producer. Born 7 August 1912 in Chicago. Died 7 April 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 August 1912, Chicago
- **Died:** 7 April 1966
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3450

## Biography

Joseph Sistrom (1912–1966) was an American film producer. Born in Chicago, he was the son of producer William Sistrom. After graduating from Stanford University he worked as an assistant to producer Pandro S. Berman before joining Paramount Pictures.

At Paramount he produced *Wake Island* (1942) and *Double Indemnity* (1944), both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Other credits include *Incendiary Blonde* (1945), *The Atomic City* (1952) and *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961), on which he served as associate producer. He also produced for television and collaborated frequently with director John Farrow.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wake Island* (1942), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961), Associate Producer
- *The Unchained Goddess* (1958), Associate Producer
- *The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays* (1957), Producer
- *Hemo the Magnificent* (1957), Associate Producer
- *Botany Bay* (1952), Producer
- *The Atomic City* (1952), Producer
- *Submarine Command* (1951), Producer
- *The Saxon Charm* (1948), Producer
- *Something in the Wind* (1947), Producer
- *Wake Island* (1942), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)
- *Night in New Orleans* (1942), Associate Producer
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), Producer
- *The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt* (1939), Associate Producer

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