- Born
- 13 August 1899, London, United Kingdom
- First work
- 1925: The Pleasure Garden
- Peak
- 1951 to 1960 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1976: Family Plot
- Died
- 29 April 1980, Los Angeles, United States; aged 80; natural
Alfred Hitchcock
Director: director, producer, United Kingdom
Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a British filmmaker universally hailed as the Master of Suspense, whose inventive visual style and psychological insight reshaped modern cinema. After mastering silent cinema technique in London and Germany, he directed pivotal early British sound thrillers before moving to Hollywood in 1939 with the acclaimed Rebecca. During the 1950s and 1960s, Hitchcock mounted an unmatched succession of masterworks, utilizing subjective camera movement, meticulous editing, and dark wit to explore voyeurism, guilt, and obsession. An unmistakable cultural figure who also hosted television anthologies, he continued directing until the mid-1970s and died in Los Angeles in 1980.
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Signature works
- The 39 Steps film1935
- Rebecca film1940
- Shadow of a Doubt film1943
- Rear Window film1954
- Vertigo film1958
- North by Northwest film1959
- Psycho film1960
- The Birds film1963
Honours
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, 1967
- AFI Life Achievement Award, 1979
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, 1972