Joseph Sistrom

Joseph Sistrom was an American film producer who often collaborated with John Farrow. He was the son of producer William Sistrom. Sistrom was the Paramount executive who drew Billy Wilder's attention to the novel Double Indemnity and suggested Raymond Chandler as Wilder's co writer on the script. Sistrom was meant to be producer of Chandler's unfilmed script Playback. He was also an enthusiast for the writing of Jonathan Latimer and helped Latimer start his screenwriting career.