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Alfred Hitchcock

British filmmaker (1899–1980)

  • Fame85.5
  • Momentum8.8
  • Global rank#208
Source-basedRising
  • Fame85.5
  • Momentum8.8
  • Global rank#208
  • United Kingdom rank#25
  • Directors rank#2
  • Wikipedia186K
Lived 1899–1980, aged 81United Kingdom
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomUS flagDirectorsMovie Director
  • Wikipedia
    150 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Global rank
    #208
    Fame.am leaderboard
  • Era
    1899–1980
    Aged 81
  • Known for
    Psycho
    1960
Summary
Updated 2026-08-13

He made fear an art form. Hitchcock turned guilt, paranoia, and the dread of what you can't quite see into fifty films that still dictate how suspense works—and became more recognizable than most of his stars by stepping into his own frames.

Biography

About

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock started as a title card designer in 1919, worked his way to directing, and by 1927 had shaped the thriller genre with The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. His British work—The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, the first British talkie Blackmail—earned him international notice, and in 1939 producer David O. Selznick brought him to Hollywood. There he built a run of hits: Rebecca won Best Picture in 1940, followed by Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds. He directed over 50 features across six decades, racked up…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock
said
You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.
— Films and Filming (Volume 9, Issue 3; 1963), p. 20
Alfred Hitchcock
said
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
— Picture Parade, BBC (5 July 1960)
Alfred Hitchcock
said
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
— Newsweek (11 June 1956).
Alfred Hitchcock
said
Actors are cattle. I've always said actors are cattle. In fact, Carole Lombard once built a corral on set and put three live calves into it, in recognition of my feelings.
— As quoted in "New York Close-Up" by Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, in New York Herald Tribune (27 February 1950).
Alfred Hitchcock
said
Hitchcock: You know that I think all actors are cattle? George Raft: Yes, I know—but I'm no actor.
— On the set of The House Across the Bay; as quoted in "The New Yorker" by Leonard Lyons, in The Washington Post (26 July 1940).
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Filmography

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TV credits

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Awards

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  • AFI Life Achievement Award
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • BAFTA Fellowship
  • Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Where to find them

Platforms

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
85.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum8.8
Historical30.7
Now attention47.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
#208
Country rank
#25
Category rank
#2
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence