Alfred Hitchcock
Directing
- Born:
- 1899-08-13
- Died:
- 1980-04-29
- Place of birth:
- Leytonstone, London, England, UK
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
Cavalcanti
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Morceaux de Cannes
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Tales of the Uncanny
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Hitchcock Confidential
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
Hitch x 4
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Night Will Fall
Documenting John Grierson
What Is Cinema?
Talking Pictures
Hollywood sul Tevere
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Hitchcock in the News
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Hitchcocked!
The Making of 'Psycho'
Shepperton Babylon
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
Hitchcock and Dial M
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
Heart of the Festival
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Plotting 'Family Plot'
The Story of 'Frenzy'
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
All About 'The Birds'
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Obsessed with Vertigo
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
The Universal Story
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Innocent Blood
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly
Tales from the Crypt
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
All-Time Movie Greats
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Memory of the Camps
Terror in the Aisles
Family Plot
Spécial cinéma
The Men Who Made the Movies
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
The Illustrated Hitchcock
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock
Frenzy
Midi trente
V.I.P. Schaukel
Samedi soir
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
Topaz
The Dick Cavett Show
The Movie Orgy
Mondo Hollywood
Torn Curtain
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock
Marnie
A Talk with Hitchcock
The Birds
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock
The Merv Griffin Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Children of Alda Nuova
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
The Man Who Found the Money
Psycho
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Monitor
The Wrong Man
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Cinépanorama
The Trouble with Harry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
To Catch a Thief
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Rear Window
Dial M for Murder
Reflets de Cannes
The Oscars
I Confess
The Red Skelton Show
Strangers on a Train
Lux Video Theatre
Stage Fright
What's My Line?
Under Capricorn
Rope
Notorious
Spellbound
Show-Business at War
Shadow of a Doubt
Saboteur
Suspicion
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Foreign Correspondent
Rebecca
The Lady Vanishes
Young and Innocent
Sabotage
The 39 Steps
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Murder!
Blackmail
Sound Test for Blackmail
Easy Virtue
The Ring
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Hitchcock on Grierson
The Fall: Part I
The Fall: Part II