Alfred Hitchcock

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

127

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-08-13

Day of death

1980-04-29 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

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

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Rope

    Rope

  • Blackmail

    Blackmail

  • Rear Window

    Rear Window

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

  • Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

  • Murder!

    Murder!

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

    Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

  • Under Capricorn

    Under Capricorn

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • The Birds

    The Birds

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • Marnie

    Marnie

  • Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • To Catch a Thief

    To Catch a Thief

  • Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • Dial M for Murder

    Dial M for Murder

  • Topaz

    Topaz

  • Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca

  • Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

  • The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

  • Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train

  • I Confess

    I Confess

  • Notorious

    Notorious

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • Stage Fright

    Stage Fright

  • The Children of Alda Nuova

    The Children of Alda Nuova

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  • The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • Innocent Blood

    Innocent Blood

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

  • Torn Curtain

    Torn Curtain

  • My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

    My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

  • The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

    The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

  • Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

  • German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

    German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

  • Young and Innocent

    Young and Innocent

  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

  • I Am Alfred Hitchcock

    I Am Alfred Hitchcock

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • Saboteur

    Saboteur

  • The Man Who Found the Money

    The Man Who Found the Money

  • The Trouble with Harry

    The Trouble with Harry

  • Terror in the Aisles

    Terror in the Aisles

  • Tales of the Uncanny

    Tales of the Uncanny

  • The Making of 'Psycho'

    The Making of 'Psycho'

  • Shepperton Babylon

    Shepperton Babylon

  • Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

    Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

  • Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

  • Gregory Peck: His Own Man

    Gregory Peck: His Own Man

  • 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

    'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

  • Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

    Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

  • Hitchcock Confidential

    Hitchcock Confidential

  • Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

  • Documenting John Grierson

    Documenting John Grierson

  • The Story of 'Frenzy'

    The Story of 'Frenzy'

  • The Trouble with 'Marnie'

    The Trouble with 'Marnie'

  • Hitchcock and Dial M

    Hitchcock and Dial M

  • Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

    Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

  • Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

    Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

  • In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

    In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

  • Mondo Hollywood

    Mondo Hollywood

  • Plotting 'Family Plot'

    Plotting 'Family Plot'

  • All About 'The Birds'

    All About 'The Birds'

  • Family Plot

    Family Plot

  • The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • The Men Who Made the Movies

    The Men Who Made the Movies

  • Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

  • Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

  • Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly

    Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

  • Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

    Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

  • Memory of the Camps

    Memory of the Camps

  • Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

  • Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

    Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

  • A Talk with Hitchcock

    A Talk with Hitchcock

  • The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

    The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

  • Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

  • Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

    Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

  • Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

    Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

  • A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

    A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

  • Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

    Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

  • Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?

    Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?

  • Her Name Was Grace Kelly

    Her Name Was Grace Kelly

  • Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

    Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Black Baby

    Black Baby

  • The Illustrated Hitchcock

    The Illustrated Hitchcock

  • 'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

    'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • Sound Test for Blackmail

    Sound Test for Blackmail

  • Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

    Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

  • When Hitchcock met O'Casey

    When Hitchcock met O'Casey

  • Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

    Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

  • Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

    Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

  • Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

    Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

  • Hitch x 4

    Hitch x 4

  • Hitchcock on Grierson

    Hitchcock on Grierson

  • Hitchcock in the News

    Hitchcock in the News

  • Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?

    Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?