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Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 13, 1899
Died
April 29, 1980
Place of Birth
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Hitch
- The Master of Suspense
- Sir Alfred Hitchcock
- Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
- Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
- 앨프리드 히치콕
- Альфред Хічкок
Alfred Hitchcock
3.9 Popularity
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
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
2024
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
2023
6.9
Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022
7.0
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
7.2
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
6.6
Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
2021
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
0.0
Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019
Credits
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
as Self (archive footage)
2024
5.7
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.0
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.9
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.0
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
7.0
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
2021
7.2
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.6
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.0
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Hitchcock Confidential
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.0
🎬
Black Baby
as Self (archive footage)
2018
0.0
Hitch x 4
as Himself
2018
0.0
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
as Himself
2018
0.0
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
6.0
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.8
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.3
🎬
Documenting John Grierson
2014
0.0
What Is Cinema?
as Self
2013
6.5
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
as Self (archive footage)
2009
0.0
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2008
7.0
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Hitchcock in the News
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2006
7.3
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2006
7.2
The Making of 'Psycho'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
7.4
Shepperton Babylon
as Himself (Archive)
2005
7.0
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
as Self (audio archival footage)
2004
6.0
Hitchcock and Dial M
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.3
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
as Self (archive footage)
2002
0.0
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
as Self (archive footage)
2002
0.0
🎬
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
0.0
Plotting 'Family Plot'
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.2
The Story of 'Frenzy'
as Self (archive footage)
2001
5.4
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.2
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.3
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.0
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.5
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.7
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
7.4
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
7.2
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.5
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
1999
6.5
🎬
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1999
7.6
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
1996
6.4
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.7
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1996
6.7
🎬
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself (Archival Footage)
1994
0.0
Innocent Blood
as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
1992
6.2
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly
1990
0.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
8.0
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
1988
7.0
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.7
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Self - Host (archive footage)
1985
7.2
Memory of the Camps
as Self (uncredited archive footage)
1985
2.0
Terror in the Aisles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
6.1
Family Plot
as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
1976
6.8
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1974
0.0
The Men Who Made the Movies
as Self
1973
0.0
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
as Himself
1973
6.4
The Illustrated Hitchcock
as Self
1972
10.0
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
1972
0.0
Frenzy
as Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
1972
7.1
🎬
Midi trente
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
🎬
Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
as Self
1969
7.0
Topaz
as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
1969
6.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
Mondo Hollywood
1967
5.3
Torn Curtain
as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
1966
6.6
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock
as Himself
1966
0.0
Marnie
as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
1964
7.1
A Talk with Hitchcock
as Self
1964
6.5
The Birds
as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
1963
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Self - Host
1962
7.8
The Children of Alda Nuova
as self - host
1962
7.0
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
1961
3.5
The Man Who Found the Money
as self (host)
1960
0.0
Psycho
as Man Outside Office (uncredited)
1960
8.4
North by Northwest
as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
1959
8.0
Vertigo
as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
1958
8.2
The Wrong Man
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1956
7.1
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
1956
7.5
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Trouble with Harry
as Passer-by (uncredited)
1955
7.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Self - Host
1955
7.8
To Catch a Thief
as Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
1955
7.3
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
as Self - Host
1955
0.0
Rear Window
as Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
1954
8.3
Dial M for Murder
as Banquet Member (uncredited)
1954
8.0
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
I Confess
as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
1953
7.1
Strangers on a Train
as Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
1951
7.7
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Self
1950
6.3
Stage Fright
as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
1950
6.8
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Under Capricorn
as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Rope
as Man Walking in Street After Opening Credits (uncredited)
1948
7.9
Notorious
as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
1946
7.7
Spellbound
as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
1945
7.4
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
Shadow of a Doubt
as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
1943
7.5
Saboteur
as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Suspicion
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
1941
7.1
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Man Passing David Smith on Street (uncredited)
1941
6.0
Foreign Correspondent
as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Rebecca
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
1940
7.9
The Lady Vanishes
as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
1938
7.4
Young and Innocent
as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
1937
6.6
Sabotage
as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
1937
6.7
The 39 Steps
as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
1935
7.3
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
1934
6.5
Murder!
as Man on Street (uncredited)
1930
6.0
Blackmail
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
1929
6.5
Sound Test for Blackmail
as Self (uncredited)
1929
6.2
Easy Virtue
as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
1928
5.3
The Ring
as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
1927
5.9
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
1927
7.1
Hitchcock on Grierson
as Self
N/A
0.0