Alfred Hitchcock
Biography
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred Hitchcock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Rebecca
Man Outside Office (uncredited)
Psycho
Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
Rear Window
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
Man on Street (uncredited)
Murder!
Self (archive footage)
78/52
Self (archive footage)
Kim Novak, l'âme rebelle d'Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Banquet Member (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
Self (archive footage)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
Marnie
Self (archive footage)
Jag är Ingrid
Documenting John Grierson
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... « Les enchaînés »
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Himself
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Le Film Pro-Nazi d’Hitchcock
Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
Stage Fright
Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
Sabotage
Self
The Illustrated Hitchcock
self - host
The Children of Alda Nuova
Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
The Birds
Man on Subway (uncredited)
Blackmail
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (archive footage)
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock and Dial M
Self (archive footage)
Night Will Fall
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Self
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
Self (audio archival footage)
Alfred Hitchcock, films de jeunesse
Self (uncredited)
Sound Test for Blackmail
Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self (uncredited archive footage)
Memory of the Camps
Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Under Capricorn
Himself
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
Himself
Hitch x 4
Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
North by Northwest
Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
The 39 Steps
Self
A Talk with Hitchcock
Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
Notorious
Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
I Confess
Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Self (archive footage)
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Mondo Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Psycho Legacy
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
Easy Virtue
Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
Family Plot
Passer-by (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry
Self
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
Self (archive footage)
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Self (archive footage)
All About 'The Birds'
Self (archive footage)
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self (archive footage)
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Self (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Self (archive footage)
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Wrong Man
Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
The Ring
Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
Self (archive footage)
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Self
Show-Business at War
Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Young and Innocent
Himself
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Suspicion
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer
Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Spellbound
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (archive footage)
Dans l'ombre d'Hitchcock, Alma et Hitch
Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
Frenzy
Self
What Is Cinema?
Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Topaz
Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Torn Curtain
Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Saboteur
Man Walking in Street After Opening Credits (uncredited)
Rope
Man Passing David Smith on Street (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
Vertigo
Self (archive footage)
Elle s'appelait Grace Kelly
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Grace face à son destin
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Terror in the Aisles
Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock Met O'Casey
Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Self
Hitchcock on Grierson
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
host (self)
Human Interest Story
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock in the News
self (host)
The Man Who Found the Money
Himself (Archival Footage)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Self - Host
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Self (uncredited archive footage: 1960 Psycho trailer)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Himself (Archive)
Shepperton Babylon
Self (archive footage)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Self (archive footage)
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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
115
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-08-13
Place of Birth
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Hitch