Alfred Hitchcock

English director and producer

Birthday: August 13, 1899

Birthplace: Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Death Date: April 29, 1980

Age at death: 80 years old

Sign: Leo

About Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. The main theme of his films was murder and the psychology behind it.

His Highlights

Films: "Psycho", "The Birds", "Spellbound", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "Vertigo".

His Legacy

He is regarded as "The Master of Suspense" and one of the most important directors of all time. He directed more than 50 films. He was portrayed by Sir Anthony Hopkins in "Hitchcock" in 2012.

His Awards

He was nominated 5 times for an Academy Award for Best Director, 4 Emmy Awards and 3 Cannes Film Festival Awards, but he never won. He won a Golden Globe and he received 2 stars at The Hollywood Walk of Fame.

His Personal Life

He was married to Alma Reville and he had a daughter, actress Patricia Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Photo Gallery

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Anton Wickremasinghe, Chandran Rutnam and Alfred Hitchcock at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Author

Chandran Rutnam

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anton_Wickremasinghe,_Chandran_Rutnam_and_Alfred_Hitchcock_at_the_Academy_Awards_in_Los_Angeles.jpeg

License

CC BY-SA 3.0

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Alfred Hitchcock directing Family Plot inside Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California.

Author

Stan Osborne

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hitch-at-work;1975-FamilyPlot;SF-On-Location.jpg

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CC BY 3.0

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In the rare 1922 photo below, that's Alfred Hitchcock (with moustache?) squatting beside the camera and gesturing across the road at actress Clare Greet. The occasion was the filming of Number Thirteen (aka Mrs Peabody) on location outside the public house, "The Angel", in Rotherhithe, London. The film was never finished. According to a caption, the director, Hitchcock, had two assistant directors, A.W. Barnes and Norman Arnold. Cameraman was Joe Rosenthal.

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Number_13.jpg

License

Public domain

Famous quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.Alfred Hitchcock

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.Alfred Hitchcock

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.Alfred Hitchcock

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.Alfred Hitchcock

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.Alfred Hitchcock

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.Alfred Hitchcock

In feature films the director is God in documentary films God is the director.Alfred Hitchcock

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.Alfred Hitchcock

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.Alfred Hitchcock

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.Alfred Hitchcock

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.Alfred Hitchcock

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock

English director and producer