Alfred Hitchcock

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

126

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 Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Rear Window

    Rear Window

  • Rope

    Rope

  • Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

  • The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Notorious

    Notorious

  • The Birds

    The Birds

  • Blackmail

    Blackmail

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • To Catch a Thief

    To Catch a Thief

  • I Am Alfred Hitchcock

    I Am Alfred Hitchcock

  • Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • The Making of 'Psycho'

    The Making of 'Psycho'

  • Documenting John Grierson

    Documenting John Grierson

  • Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

  • The Story of 'Frenzy'

    The Story of 'Frenzy'

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man

  • Dial M for Murder

    Dial M for Murder

  • Hitchcock on Grierson

    Hitchcock on Grierson

  • Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

    Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

  • Terror in the Aisles

    Terror in the Aisles

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • Topaz

    Topaz

  • Murder!

    Murder!

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

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

  • Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt

  • Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

  • My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

    My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  • Hitchcock and Dial M

    Hitchcock and Dial M

  • Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue

  • Hitchcock Confidential

    Hitchcock Confidential

  • Under Capricorn

    Under Capricorn

  • The Trouble with Harry

    The Trouble with Harry

  • Innocent Blood

    Innocent Blood

  • What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

  • Marnie

    Marnie

  • Stage Fright

    Stage Fright

  • Young and Innocent

    Young and Innocent

  • Mondo Hollywood

    Mondo Hollywood

  • Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

    Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

  • Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

  • Family Plot

    Family Plot

  • The Men Who Made the Movies

    The Men Who Made the Movies

  • Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly

    Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • All About 'The Birds'

    All About 'The Birds'

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

  • Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

  • I Confess

    I Confess

  • Torn Curtain

    Torn Curtain

  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

  • Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

    Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

  • Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

    Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

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

    The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

  • Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • Saboteur

    Saboteur

  • The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

  • The Man Who Found the Money

    The Man Who Found the Money

  • Tales of the Uncanny

    Tales of the Uncanny

  • The Trouble with 'Marnie'

    The Trouble with 'Marnie'

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

    Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

  • Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

  • Shepperton Babylon

    Shepperton Babylon

  • Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

    Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

  • Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

    Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

  • Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

  • Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

  • Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

    Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

  • Memory of the Camps

    Memory of the Camps

  • Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

  • Plotting 'Family Plot'

    Plotting 'Family Plot'

  • German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

    German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

  • A Talk with Hitchcock

    A Talk with Hitchcock

  • The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

    The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

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

    In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

  • Her Name Was Grace Kelly

    Her Name Was Grace Kelly

  • The Children of Alda Nuova

    The Children of Alda Nuova

  • Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

    Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

  • Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

    Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

  • Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?

    Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Sound Test for Blackmail

    Sound Test for Blackmail

  • Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

    Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

  • Gregory Peck: His Own Man

    Gregory Peck: His Own Man

  • When Hitchcock met O'Casey

    When Hitchcock met O'Casey

  • The Illustrated Hitchcock

    The Illustrated Hitchcock

  • 'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

    'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

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

    Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

  • A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

    A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

  • Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

    Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

  • Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

    Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

  • Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?

    Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?

  • Hitchcock in the News

    Hitchcock in the News

  • Hitch x 4

    Hitch x 4

  • Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

    Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock