Alfred Hitchcock
Directing
Born: August 13, 1899 · Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Died: April 29, 1980 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Psycho
1960
Rear Window
1954
Vertigo
1958
North by Northwest
1959
The Birds
1963
Rope
1948
Dial M for Murder
1954
Rebecca
1940
Strangers on a Train
1951
Notorious
1946
To Catch a Thief
1955
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Photos (15)
Movies (45)
Psycho
Man Outside Office (uncredited)
Rear Window
Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
Vertigo
Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
North by Northwest
Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
The Birds
Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
Banquet Member (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)
Rope
Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
Rebecca
Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Notorious
Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
Spellbound
Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Frenzy
Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
Marnie
Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
Innocent Blood
Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
I Confess
Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry
Passerby (uncredited)
The 39 Steps
Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
The Wrong Man
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Topaz
Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Suspicion
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Torn Curtain
Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Family Plot
Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
Saboteur
Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
Hollywood Invasion
archive footage
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Man Passing David on Street (uncredited)
Sabotage
Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
Young and Innocent
Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Stage Fright
Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
Blackmail
Man on Subway (uncredited)
Under Capricorn
Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Murder!
Man on Street (uncredited)
The Ring
Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
Easy Virtue
Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly
1990
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (86)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Self - Host · 93 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Self · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Self - Host (archive footage) · 76 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Self - Host · 268 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
Midi trente
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 eps
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (audio archival footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Aisles
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies
Self · 1 eps
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
What Is Cinema?
Self
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential
Self (archive footage)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Shepperton Babylon
Himself (Archive)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self (archive footage)
Memory of the Camps
Self (uncredited archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
Self
Night Will Fall
Self (archive photos)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Self (archive footage)
A Talk with Hitchcock
Self
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Man Who Found the Money
self (host)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self (archive footage)
The Children of Alda Nuova
self - host
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self (archive)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Self (archive footage)
Sound Test for Blackmail
Self (uncredited)
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
Self
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny
Self (archive footage)
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Self (archive footage)
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies
Self
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Self (archive footage)
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Self (archive footage)
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Self - Host
Hitchcock and Dial M
Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self (archive footage)
All About 'The Birds'
Self (archive footage)
The Illustrated Hitchcock
Self
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Himself
Hitchcocked!
Self (archive)
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Self (archive footage)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (archive footage)
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock
Self
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock
Self
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock in the News
Self (archive footage)
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for "The Birds"
Self (voice)
Hitch x 4
Himself
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
Himself
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock
Himself
Upcoming (1)
Directing (71)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Director
Robert Montgomery Presents
Director
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
Psycho
Director
Rear Window
Director
Vertigo
Director
North by Northwest
Director
Suspicion
Director
Startime
Director
The Birds
Director
Dial M for Murder
Director
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Director
Strangers on a Train
Director
Rope
Director
Rebecca
Director
Notorious
Director
To Catch a Thief
Director
Spellbound
Director
Frenzy
Director
Shadow of a Doubt
Director
Marnie
Director
I Confess
Director
Foreign Correspondent
Director
The Trouble with Harry
Director
The 39 Steps
Director
The Wrong Man
Director
Topaz
Director
Suspicion
Director
Torn Curtain
Director
Family Plot
Director
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Director
Saboteur
Director
The Lady Vanishes
Director
Lifeboat
Director
The Paradine Case
Director
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Director
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Director
Jamaica Inn
Director
Secret Agent
Director
Sabotage
Director
Bon Voyage
Director
Young and Innocent
Director
Stage Fright
Director
Blackmail
Director
Aventure Malgache
Director
Under Capricorn
Director
Murder!
Director
Rich and Strange
Director
The Skin Game
Director
The Farmer's Wife
Director
The Manxman
Director
The Ring
Director
Waltzes from Vienna
Director
Number Seventeen
Director
Champagne
Director
Juno and the Paycock
Director
The House Across the Bay
Assistant Director
Easy Virtue
Director
Downhill
Director
The Fighting Generation
Director
The Pleasure Garden
Director
Elstree Calling
Director
The Mountain Eagle
Director
Mary
Director
Joan Fontaine Wardrobe Test
Director
Always Tell Your Wife
Director
The White Shadow
Assistant Director
Sound Test for Blackmail
Director
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies
Director
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for "The Birds"
Director
Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" Screen Test
Director
Writing (18)
Epic Rap Battles of History
Characters
Saboteur
Story
Lifeboat
Idea
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Screenplay
Blackmail
Screenplay
Murder!
Adaptation
Rich and Strange
Adaptation
The Skin Game
Adaptation
The Farmer's Wife
Writer
The Ring
Writer
Number Seventeen
Screenplay
Champagne
Writer
Juno and the Paycock
Writer
Lifepod
Short Story
The White Shadow
Screenplay
The Blackguard
Writer
Woman to Woman
Writer
The Passionate Adventure
Writer
Producing (22)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Producer
Psycho
Producer
Vertigo
Producer
North by Northwest
Producer
Suspicion
Producer
Alcoa Premiere
Producer
The Birds
Producer
Dial M for Murder
Producer
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Producer
Rope
Producer
Notorious
Producer
To Catch a Thief
Producer
Frenzy
Producer
Marnie
Producer
I Confess
Producer
The Wrong Man
Producer
Torn Curtain
Producer
Family Plot
Producer
Lifeboat
Producer
Stage Fright
Producer
Under Capricorn
Producer
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Director of Operations
Other Crew (25)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Creator
Frontline
Treatment
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Creator
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Creator
Psycho
In Memory Of
Love's Boomerang
Title Designer
Memory of the Camps
Treatment
Dangling by a String
Thanks
The Princess of New York
Title Designer
The White Shadow
Art Direction
The White Shadow
Editor
The White Shadow
Set Decoration
The White Shadow
Production Design
The Blackguard
Art Direction
The Spanish Jade
Art Direction
The Spanish Jade
Title Designer
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Treatment
Three Live Ghosts
Art Direction
Three Live Ghosts
Title Graphics
The Man From Home
Title Graphics
The Man From Home
Art Direction
Woman to Woman
Art Direction
The Bonnie Brier Bush
Title Designer
The Passionate Adventure
Art Direction
The Mystery Road
Title Designer