Alfred Hitchcock
Directing
🎂 1899-08-13
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred Hitchcock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(130)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
Self - Host
1962
1985
Self - Host (archive footage)
1985
Man Outside Office (uncredited)
1960
Self
1953
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1962
Self - Host
1955
Self (archive footage)
1974
Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
1963
Self - Guest
1968
Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
1958
Self
1950
Self
1971
Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
1954
Self (archive footage)
1972
Self
1956
Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
1959
Self (archive footage)
2013
Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
1940
Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
1955
Self
1971
Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
1956
Man Walking in Street After Opening Credits (uncredited)
1948
Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
1964
Banquet Member (uncredited)
1954
Self (archive footage)
1988
Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
1946
Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
1951
Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
1972
Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
1934
Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
1966
Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
1945
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1956
1990
Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
1943
Passer-by (uncredited)
1955
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
1941
Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
1969
Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
1976
Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
1942
Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
1992
Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
1940
Self
1954
Self (archive footage)
1988
Self
2013
Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
1935
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self - Host
1955
Self (archive footage)
1996
Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
1953
Self (archive footage)
1999
Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
1936
Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
1950
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
1927
Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
1938
Man on Subway (uncredited)
1929
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self (archive footage)
1968
Self (archive footage)
2009
Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
1937
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2006
Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
1927
Self (archive footage)
1996
Self
1973
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Man Passing David Smith on Street (uncredited)
1941
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self (archive footage)
1996
Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
1949
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2010
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self (archive footage)
2019
host (self)
1959
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2006
self - host
1962
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
1967
Self (audio archival footage)
2004
Self (archive footage)
1999
Self
2021
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self (archive footage)
2000
Man on Street (uncredited)
1930
Self (uncredited)
1961
Self (archive footage)
2001
Himself (Archival Footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
1943
Self (archive footage)
2004
Self (archive footage)
2017
self (host)
1960
Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
1928
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self (uncredited archive footage)
1985
Self
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self (archive footage)
1999
Self
1969
Self (archive footage)
2000
Himself (Archive)
2005
Self (archive footage)
2008
2014
Self (uncredited)
1929
Himself
2018
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self (archive footage)
2001
2021
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self (archive footage)
2023
Himself
2018
Himself
1973
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self
1964
Self
1972
Self
1972
Himself
1966
Self (archive footage)
2008
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Directing (66)
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Production (26)
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1960
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1955
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1963
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1961
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Director of Operations
1945
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