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Alfred Hitchcock‌

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Alfred Hitchcock

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Alfred Hitchcock

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1899-08-13

Popularity

star21.0

Biography

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980), was an English director and producer. Labeled as the "Master of Suspense", he became known for thrillers, often combined with a dark sense of humor. After a successful career in his native country, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside icy blonde female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys —or MacGuffins— meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965), he became a cultural icon. Hitchcock is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In 2002, Hitchcock was ranked 2nd behind Orson Welles in the critics' top ten poll in the list of The Greatest Directors of All Time compiled by the Sight & Sound magazine. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Hitchcock's critically most acclaimed film is the psychological thriller film Vertigo (1958). Although being a mild failure upon its release, it has risen in popularity over the decades. In 2012 it even replaced Orson Welles' Citizen Kane as the greatest film ever made in the Sight & Sound critics' poll. Regarding visual style, Vertigo is often declared as Hitchcock's most perfect film. The use of color symbolism, meticulously composed shots, and the famous "Vertigo effect" (dolly zoom) continue to be studied and admired. Hitchcock's most commercially successful and most famous film is Psycho (1960), which had a significant impact on the horror genre, especially the slasher film. Hitchcock was able to prove his skills with the mystery thriller film Rear Window (1954), to create suspense within a confined setting - primarily the protagonist's apartment. In this film, voyeurism, one of Hitchcock's favorite subjects, is an essential aspect. Many of Hitchcock's spy films, most notably North by Northwest (1959) and Notorious (1946), had a major impact on the Mission: Impossible and James Bond series.

Movie Credits

Rebecca

Rebecca‌
star7.9
calendar 1940

Psycho

Psycho‌
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calendar 1960

Rear Window

Rear Window‌
star8.4
calendar 1954

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy‌
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calendar 1968

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock‌
star6.5
calendar 1999

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered‌
star6.7
calendar 1996

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train‌
star7.7
calendar 1951

Murder!

Murder!‌
star5.9
calendar 1930

78/52

78/52‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel‌
star6.9
calendar 2023

Tales of the Uncanny

Tales of the Uncanny‌
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calendar 2020

Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

Normandie ne partira pas ce soir‌
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calendar 2021

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder‌
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calendar 1954

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock‌
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calendar 2008

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock‌
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calendar 2008

Marnie

Marnie‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words‌
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calendar 2015

Documenting John Grierson

Documenting John Grierson‌
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calendar 2014

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'‌
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calendar 2009

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels‌
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calendar 1996

The Making of 'Psycho'

The Making of 'Psycho'‌
star7.4
calendar 2005

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock‌
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calendar 2023

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock‌
star6.4
calendar 1973

Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film

Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film‌
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calendar 2023

Sabotage

Sabotage‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

Stage Fright

Stage Fright‌
star6.8
calendar 1950

The Illustrated Hitchcock

The Illustrated Hitchcock‌
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calendar 1972

The Children of Alda Nuova

The Children of Alda Nuova‌
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calendar 1962

The Birds

The Birds‌
star7.5
calendar 1963

Blackmail

Blackmail‌
star6.6
calendar 1929

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years‌
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calendar 1961

Hitchcock and Dial M

Hitchcock and Dial M‌
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calendar 2004

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin‌
star6.2
calendar 2001

Night Will Fall

Night Will Fall‌
star7.5
calendar 2014

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema‌
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calendar 2006

Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock‌
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calendar 1972

Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief:  An Appreciation‌
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calendar 2002

Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief‌
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calendar 2002

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years‌
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calendar 2004

Sound Test for Blackmail

Sound Test for Blackmail‌
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calendar 1929

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief‌
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calendar 1955

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut‌
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calendar 2015

The Trouble with 'Marnie'

The Trouble with 'Marnie'‌
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calendar 2000

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1988

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Gregory Peck: His Own Man‌
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calendar 1988

Memory of the Camps

Memory of the Camps‌
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calendar 1985

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn‌
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calendar 1949

Hitch x 4

Hitch x 4‌
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calendar 2018

Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?

Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?‌
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calendar 2018

North by Northwest

North by Northwest‌
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calendar 1959

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt‌
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calendar 1943

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps‌
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calendar 1935

A Talk with Hitchcock

A Talk with Hitchcock‌
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calendar 1964

Notorious

Notorious‌
star7.7
calendar 1946

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much‌
star7.5
calendar 1956

I Confess

I Confess‌
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calendar 1953

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent‌
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calendar 1940

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style‌
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calendar 2009

Mondo Hollywood

Mondo Hollywood‌
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calendar 1967

The Psycho Legacy

The Psycho Legacy‌
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calendar 2010

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog‌
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calendar 1927

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin‌
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calendar 2022

Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue‌
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calendar 1928

Family Plot

Family Plot‌
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calendar 1976

The Trouble with Harry

The Trouble with Harry‌
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calendar 1955

Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

Hitchcock at the N.F.T.‌
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calendar 1969

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'‌
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calendar 2000

Plotting 'Family Plot'

Plotting 'Family Plot'‌
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calendar 2001

The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'‌
star6.4
calendar 2000

All About 'The Birds'

All About 'The Birds'‌
star7.1
calendar 2000

'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic‌
star7.3
calendar 2001

The Story of 'Frenzy'

The Story of 'Frenzy'‌
star4.7
calendar 2001

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood‌
star7.6
calendar 1999

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy‌
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calendar 2008

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man‌
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calendar 1956

The Ring

The Ring‌
star5.8
calendar 1927

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes‌
star7.4
calendar 1938

German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

German Concentration Camps Factual Survey‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War‌
star7.0
calendar 1943

The Universal Story

The Universal Story‌
star7.7
calendar 1996

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story‌
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calendar 2017

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much‌
star6.4
calendar 1934

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent‌
star6.6
calendar 1937

Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock‌
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calendar 1966

Suspicion

Suspicion‌
star7.1
calendar 1941

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions‌
star6.0
calendar 2017

Spellbound

Spellbound‌
star7.4
calendar 1945

Hitchcock: The Early Years

Hitchcock: The Early Years‌
star6.3
calendar 1999

Hitchcock Confidential

Hitchcock Confidential‌
star7.8
calendar 2019

Frenzy

Frenzy‌
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calendar 1972

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?‌
star6.2
calendar 2013

Topaz

Topaz‌
star6.0
calendar 1969

Vertigo

Vertigo‌
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calendar 1958

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain‌
star6.6
calendar 1966

Rope

Rope‌
star7.9
calendar 1948

Saboteur

Saboteur‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

Her Name Was Grace Kelly

Her Name Was Grace Kelly‌
star6.7
calendar 2021

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess‌
star7.2
calendar 2006

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

I Am Alfred Hitchcock‌
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calendar 2021

Terror in the Aisles

Terror in the Aisles‌
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calendar 1984

When Hitchcock Met O'Casey

When Hitchcock Met O'Casey‌
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calendar 2019

When Hitchcock met O'Casey

When Hitchcock met O'Casey‌
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calendar 2019

Hitchcock on Grierson

Hitchcock on Grierson‌
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calendar

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
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calendar 1985

Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail‌
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calendar 2024

Tv Credits

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
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calendar 1985

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
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calendar 1955

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Men Who Made the Movies

The Men Who Made the Movies‌
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calendar 1973

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures‌
star5.0
calendar 2013

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
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calendar 1985

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt‌
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calendar 1989

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
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calendar 1974

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Midi trente

Midi trente‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Star Life

Star Life‌
star10.0
calendar 1990

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956

Samedi soir

Samedi soir‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Reflets de Cannes

Reflets de Cannes‌
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calendar 1954