Barry Sandler

My Memories of Working with Kim Novak and Anthony Perkins

Having worked closely and fondly with Tony Perkins on Crimes of Passion, which I wrote and produced, and with Kim Novak on The Mirror Crack’d, I was eager to talk with them about their experiences working with Hitchcock on Psycho and Vertigo—how he directed them, how he guided them into Norman, Madeleine, Carlotta and Judy, and what he was like with them off-camera. What they told me was fascinating, and completely the opposite. I look forward to sharing those memories at HitchCon '25, in conversation with acclaimed author and film scholar Steven DeRosa.

About
With BA and MFA film degrees from UCLA, Barry Sandler has written screenplays for numerous motion pictures, including the transgressive psychosexual cult classic Crimes of Passion (1984), The Mirror Crack’d (1980), Evil Under the Sun (1982), The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) and Gable and Lombard (1976). He also wrote Making Love (1982), the first major studio film to present a positive portrayal of LGBTQ men and women.