Person
Alfred Hitchcock
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.
Directed
Family Plot
1976
Topaz
1969
Torn Curtain
1966
Marnie
1964
The Birds
1963
Psycho
1960
North by Northwest
1959
Vertigo
1958
The Wrong Man
1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
The Trouble with Harry
1955
To Catch a Thief
1955
Rear Window
1954
Dial M for Murder
1954
Strangers on a Train
1951
Stage Fright
1950
Under Capricorn
1949
Rope
1948
Notorious
1946
Spellbound
1945
Lifeboat
1944
Saboteur
1942
Suspicion
1941
Foreign Correspondent
1940
Rebecca
1940
Jamaica Inn
1939
The Lady Vanishes
1938
Sabotage
1937
Secret Agent
1936
The 39 Steps
1935
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927
Acted
Night Will Fall
2014 · Self (archive photos)
Family Plot
1976 · Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
Torn Curtain
1966 · Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Marnie
1964 · Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
The Birds
1963 · Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
Psycho
1960 · Man Outside Office (uncredited)
Vertigo
1958 · Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
The Wrong Man
1956 · Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry
1955 · Passerby (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Banquet Member (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)
Stage Fright
1950 · Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
Under Capricorn
1949 · Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Rope
1948 · Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
Spellbound
1945 · Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942 · Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Suspicion
1941 · Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Rebecca
1940 · Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
Sabotage
1937 · Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
The 39 Steps
1935 · Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934 · Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927 · Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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