Alfred Hitchcock
British filmmaker (1899-1980) · United Kingdom · Directors · Died at 80 · also United States
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Something wrong?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.
A life in dates
The Men Who Made the MoviesSeries1972
FrenzyFilm, Director, Producer1971BAFTA FellowshipAwardGolden Globe Cecil B. DeMille AwardAwardSamedi soirSeries1967Irving G. Thalberg Memorial AwardAward1966
Torn CurtainFilm, Director, Producer1963“You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.”In their wordsFilms and Filming (Volume 9, Issue 3; 1963), p. 201962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Director, Creator1960“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”In their words5 July 1960Picture Parade, BBC (5 July 1960)Edgar AwardsAwardStar on Hollywood Walk of FameAward
PsychoFilm, 1960Director, Producer1959
StartimeSeries, Director1958
VertigoFilm, Director, Producer1957
SuspicionSeries, Director, Producer1956“I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.”In their words11 June 1956Newsweek (11 June 1956).1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Director, Creator1954
Dial M for MurderFilm, Director, Producer1953
The OscarsSeries1951
Strangers on a TrainFilm, Director1950“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.”In their words27 February 1950As quoted in "New York Close-Up" by Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, in New York Herald Tribune (27 February 1950).Lux Video TheatreSeries1948
RopeFilm, Director, Producer1946
NotoriousFilm, Director, Producer1943
Shadow of a DoubtFilm, Director1941
Mr. & Mrs. SmithFilm, Director1940“Hitchcock: You know that I think all actors are cattle? George Raft: Yes, I know - but I'm no actor.”In their words26 July 1940On the set of The House Across the Bay; as quoted in "The New Yorker" by Leonard Lyons, in The Washington Post (26 July 1940).1938
The Lady VanishesFilm, Director1936
SabotageFilm, Director1927
The Lodger: A Story of the London FogFilm, Director, Writer1899Born13 August 1899Also in Deutsch
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Alfred Hitchcock and Dorothy Lamour at the Stork Club (cropped)
Alfred Hitchcock and Dorothy Lamour at the Stork Club
Alfred Hitchcock as a baby in 1899
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Alfred Hitchcock face mold (2607468715)
Alfred Hitchcock playing tennis 1920sIn their own words 10
, You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
Filmography 40
HTHitchcock/Truffaut
IBInnocent Blood
FPFamily PlotFRFrenzy
TOTopazTCTorn Curtain
MAMarnie
TBThe BirdsPSPsycho
NNNorth by NorthwestVEVertigo
TMThe Man Who Knew Too Much
TMThe Wrong Man
TTTo Catch a Thief
THThe Trouble with Harry
RWRear WindowDMDial M for Murder
ICI ConfessSTStrangers on a Train
SFStage Fright
UCUnder CapricornRORope
TCThe Paradine CaseNONotorious
SPSpellbound
LILifeboatSDShadow of a Doubt
SASaboteur
SUSuspicionMSMr. & Mrs. Smith
RERebecca
FCForeign Correspondent
JIJamaica InnTVThe Lady Vanishes
YIYoung and InnocentSASabotage
TSThe 39 Steps
TMThe Man Who Knew Too Much
BLBlackmailTFThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog285 credits on file
Television 23
TPTalking Pictures
TCTales from the Crypt
TPThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
SCSpécial cinémaTMThe Men Who Made the Movies
MTMidi trente
TSThe Dick Cavett Show
TSThe Merv Griffin ShowTHThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
APAlcoa PremiereSTStartime
MOMonitorSUSuspicion
CICinépanoramaAPAlfred Hitchcock Presents
RCReflets de CannesTOThe Oscars
TSThe Red Skelton Show
WLWhat's My Line?
RPRobert Montgomery PresentsAwards
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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 46 Oscar nominations but never won Best Director despite five tries, hosted his own television series for a decade, and became an American citizen in 1955. In 2012, Vertigo displaced Citizen Kane as the British Film Institute's greatest film ever made. He was knighted in December 1979 and died four months later.
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