Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 13, 1899
Died
Apr 29, 1980
Place of Birth
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Credits
193 titles
Alfred Hitchcock
Biography
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in cinema history. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, cameo appearances in most of his films, and hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins. However, despite five nominations, he never won the Best Director award. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. The British–German silent film The Pleasure Garden (1925) was his directorial debut. His first successful film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, and Blackmail (1929) was the first British "talkie". His thrillers The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20th century. By 1939, he had international recognition and producer David O. Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood. A string of successful films followed, including Rebecca(1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Notorious (1946). Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Hitchcock nominated as Best Director. He also received Oscar nominations for Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960). Hitchcock's other notable films include Rope (1948), Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964) and Frenzy (1972), all of which were also financially successful and are highly regarded by film historians. Hitchcock made several films with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including four with Cary Grant, four with James Stewart, three with Ingrid Bergman and three consecutively with Grace Kelly. Hitchcock became an American citizen in 1955. In 2012, Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring Stewart, displaced Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) as the British Film Institute's greatest film ever made based on its worldwide poll of hundreds of film critics. As of 2021, nine of his films had been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, including his favourite, Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1971, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, and was knighted in December of that year, four months before his death on 29 April 1980.
Known For
Filmography
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies
Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Self (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Morceaux de Cannes
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny
Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential
Self (archive footage)
Dangling by a String
Thanks
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
Himself
Hitch x 4
Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self (archive footage)
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Self (archive footage)
Night Will Fall
Self (archive photos)
Documenting John Grierson
What Is Cinema?
Self
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Invasion
archive footage
Epic Rap Battles of History
Characters
Hollywood sul Tevere
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self (archive footage)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Self (archive footage)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Self (archive footage)
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock in the News
Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self (archive)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hitchcocked!
Self (archive)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Self (archive footage)
Shepperton Babylon
Himself (Archive)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (audio archival footage)
Hitchcock and Dial M
Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self (archive footage)
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Self (archive footage)
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
Self (archive footage)