Stephen Rebello | |
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Born |
Stephen Rebello Fall River, Massachusetts, United States |
Occupation | Author |
Known for | Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho |
Stephen Rebello is an American writer, screenwriter, and former clinical therapist.
Born to parents of third-generation Portuguese American and French-Portuguese American extraction in Fall River, Massachusetts, Rebello was raised in Somerset, Massachusetts. He graduated from Somerset High School where he co-edited the school newspaper and was a soloist in the mixed chorus. As a child singer, he had performed on a weekly radio show and done extensive live performances.
He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he double majored in literature and psychology. He received a master's from Simmons College School of Social Work in Boston.
After several years as a clinical social worker and supervisor at a Harvard University-affiliated hospital and also as a private therapist in Boston, he relocated in 1980 to Los Angeles. Continuing his work as a therapist, he eventually branched into journalism, publishing feature articles and interviews in The Real Paper, Cinefantastique,American Film Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Saturday Review, Cosmopolitan, Movieline, GQ and More, among others.
His interview subjects have included David Fincher, James Spader, Chuck Yeager, Steven Soderbergh, Matt Damon, Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Denis Leary, Robert Downey, Jr., Sigourney Weaver, and Scarlett Johansson. He is a Playboy magazine Contributing Editor.