Alfred Hitchcock
Gender: Male
Born: 13th August 1899
Died: 29th April 1980
Nationality: England, United States of America
Movies: Alfred Hitchcock: More Than Just a Profile, Always Tell Your Wife, An Elastic Affair, Aventure Malgache, Blackmail, Bon Voyage, Champagne, Dial M for Murder, Downhill, Easy Virtue, Elstree Calling, Family Plot, Foreign Correspondent, Frenzy, I Confess, Jamaica Inn, Juno and the Paycock, Juno and the Paycock, Lifeboat, Marnie, Mary, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Murder!, North by Northwest, Notorious, Number 13, Number Seventeen, Psycho, Rear Window, Rebecca, Rich and Strange, Rope, Sabotage, Saboteur, Secret Agent, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train, Suspicion, The 39 Steps, The Birds, The Farmer's Wife, The Lady Vanishes, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Manxman, The Mountain Eagle, The Paradine Case, The Pleasure Garden, The Ring, The Skin Game, The Trouble with Harry, The White Shadow, The Wrong Man, To Catch a Thief, Topaz, Torn Curtain, Under Capricorn, Vertigo, Vertigo, North by North-West, Waltzes from Vienna, Woman to Woman, Young and Innocent
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. On 19 April 1955, he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.
Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognisable 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 maximise 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
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