---
name: "Joseph Stephens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-stephens"
fi1m_id: "joseph-stephens"
imdb_id: "nm4259129"
tmdb_id: 1103631
wikidata_id: "Q6287177"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T20:51:02.256542+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 Stephens

## Identity

Joseph Stephens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-stephens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-stephens
- **IMDb ID:** nm4259129
- **TMDB ID:** 1103631
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6287177
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stephens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6287177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4259129/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1103631

Composer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Also known as:** Joey Stephens
- **Frequently works with:** [Akshara Sekar](https://film.one/person/akshara-sekar.md), [Erica Oyama](https://film.one/person/erica-oyama.md), [Mindy Kaling](https://film.one/person/mindy-kaling.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stephens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6287177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4259129/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1103631

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Never Have I Ever*](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joseph Stephens is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, also credited as Joey Stephens. He began scoring student films while attending college in North Carolina and formed early working relationships with filmmakers including Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green.

Stephens is a founding member of the band Pyramid and a frequent collaborator on projects such as the HBO series *Eastbound & Down* and *Vice Principals*, the film *Observe and Report* (2009), and the Netflix series *Never Have I Ever* (2020). His other credits include *Upload* (2020), *The Righteous Gemstones* (2019) and *Running Point* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Tiny Fugitives* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Running Point* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Don't Tell a Soul* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *Under the Eiffel Tower* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Arizona* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Flower* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Vice Principals* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *See Girl Run* (2012), Music
- *Nature Calls* (2012), Additional Music
- *Observe and Report* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Chop Shop* (2008), Boom Operator
- *Famous*, as Compositor · Original Music Composer

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