---
name: "Joseph Stefano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-stefano"
fi1m_id: "joseph-stefano"
imdb_id: "nm0825010"
tmdb_id: 7300
wikidata_id: "Q326681"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 May 1922"
died: "25 August 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:59:01.700384+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."
---

# Joseph Stefano

## Identity

Joseph Stefano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-stefano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-stefano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0825010
- **TMDB ID:** 7300
- **Wikidata ID:** Q326681
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stefano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7300

Writer. Born 5 May 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 25 August 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 May 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 25 August 2006
- **Active:** 1960–1987
- **Also known as:** Joe Stefano
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 90 (1), 1980s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stefano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7300

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Psycho*](https://film.one/film/psycho.md) (90)
- **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek: The Next Generation*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md) (84)

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## Biography

Joseph Stefano was an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's *Psycho* (1960), adapting Robert Bloch's novel, and received an Edgar Award for the work. He also served as producer and writer on the first season of the television series *The Outer Limits* (1963).

Born in Philadelphia, Stefano began his career as a singer, dancer and composer before turning to screenwriting in the late 1950s. His other credits include the films *The Black Orchid* (1959), *Eye of the Cat* (1969), *The Kindred* (1987) and *Two Bits* (1995), as well as the television film *Psycho IV: The Beginning* (1990). He died in 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, latimes.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Psycho* (1960), Fi1m 90, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/psycho.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Psycho* (1998), Screenplay
- *Two Bits* (1995), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, Writer
- *Psycho IV: The Beginning* (1990), Writer
- *Swamp Thing* (1990), series, Writer, Creator
- *Blackout* (1988), Writer
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *The Kindred* (1987), Writer
- *Snowbeast* (1977), Writer
- *Aloha Means Goodbye* (1974), Writer
- *Home for the Holidays* (1974), Writer
- *Live Again, Die Again* (1974), Teleplay
- *A Death of Innocence* (1971), Writer
- *Revenge!* (1971), Writer
- *Futz* (1969), Screenplay
- *Eye of the Cat* (1969), Writer
- *The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre* (1964), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Unknown* (1964), Writer, Producer, Executive Producer
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, Writer
- *The Naked Edge* (1961), Screenplay
- *Psycho* (1960), Screenplay — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/psycho.md)
- *Startime* (1959), series, Adaptation
- *The Black Orchid* (1959), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- The President's Memorial Award 1987: The President's Memorial Award (won)
- Edgar Awards 1961: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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