# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-stefano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:58.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-stefano"
name: "Joseph Stefano"
slug: "joseph-stefano"
description: "Joseph William Stefano was an American filmmaker, 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."
tagline: "American screenwriter (1922-2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Joseph_Stefano.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-05-05"
deathDate: "2006-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.56
  momentum:             15.13557483731019
  historical:           11.40061733333333
  currentAttention:     21.48
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825010/"
    handle:    "nm0825010"
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    title: "Joseph Stefano"
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    title: "Joseph Stefano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump