Alfred Hitchcock

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

131

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 Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Topaz

    Topaz

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Rope

    Rope

  • Rear Window

    Rear Window

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Innocent Blood

    Innocent Blood

  • I Confess

    I Confess

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  • To Catch a Thief

    To Catch a Thief

  • The Birds

    The Birds

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Notorious

    Notorious

  • Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Shepperton Babylon

    Shepperton Babylon

  • I Am Alfred Hitchcock

    I Am Alfred Hitchcock

  • Marnie

    Marnie

  • Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca

  • Dial M for Murder

    Dial M for Murder

  • The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

  • Torn Curtain

    Torn Curtain

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Saboteur

    Saboteur

  • The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man

  • The Trouble with Harry

    The Trouble with Harry

  • Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt

  • Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

  • A Talk with Hitchcock

    A Talk with Hitchcock

  • Family Plot

    Family Plot

  • Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

    Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

  • The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

  • Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

  • Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

    Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

  • Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly

    Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly

  • Stage Fright

    Stage Fright

  • Under Capricorn

    Under Capricorn

  • Plotting 'Family Plot'

    Plotting 'Family Plot'

  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

  • Blackmail

    Blackmail

  • The Men Who Made the Movies

    The Men Who Made the Movies

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • Young and Innocent

    Young and Innocent

  • What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

  • Memory of the Camps

    Memory of the Camps

  • Murder!

    Murder!

  • Tales of the Uncanny

    Tales of the Uncanny

  • My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

    My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

  • Terror in the Aisles

    Terror in the Aisles

  • Mondo Hollywood

    Mondo Hollywood

  • Hitchcock and Dial M

    Hitchcock and Dial M

  • German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

    German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

    Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

  • The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

    The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

  • The Illustrated Hitchcock

    The Illustrated Hitchcock

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

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

  • Night Will Fall

    Night Will Fall

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

  • Heart of the Festival

    Heart of the Festival

  • Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

    Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

  • Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

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

    The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • When Hitchcock met O'Casey

    When Hitchcock met O'Casey

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

    Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

  • Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

  • Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?

    Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?

  • Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

  • The Making of 'Psycho'

    The Making of 'Psycho'

  • Hitchcock on Grierson

    Hitchcock on Grierson

  • Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

    Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

  • Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

    Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

  • Sound Test for Blackmail

    Sound Test for Blackmail

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

    In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

  • Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?

    Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?

  • Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

    Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

  • A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

    A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

  • Hitch x 4

    Hitch x 4

  • Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

  • The Story of 'Frenzy'

    The Story of 'Frenzy'

  • Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

  • Her Name Was Grace Kelly

    Her Name Was Grace Kelly

  • Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock

    Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock

  • Hitchcock in the News

    Hitchcock in the News

  • Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

  • The Man Who Found the Money

    The Man Who Found the Money

  • The Children of Alda Nuova

    The Children of Alda Nuova

  • Gregory Peck: His Own Man

    Gregory Peck: His Own Man

  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

  • Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

  • Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

    Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

  • Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

    Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

  • Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

    Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

  • Documenting John Grierson

    Documenting John Grierson

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

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

    Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

  • Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

    Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

  • Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

    Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

  • Hollywood sul Tevere

    Hollywood sul Tevere

  • Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft

    Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft

  • All About 'The Birds'

    All About 'The Birds'

  • The Trouble with 'Marnie'

    The Trouble with 'Marnie'

  • 'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

    'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

  • Hitchcock Confidential

    Hitchcock Confidential

  • Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

    Normandie ne partira pas ce soir