Alfred Hitchcock
Directing • Born 1899-08-13 – Died 1980-04-29
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.
Filmography
132 credits
Rebecca
Movie • 1940
Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Psycho
Movie • 1960
Man Outside Office (uncredited)
Rear Window
Movie • 1954
Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Strangers on a Train
Movie • 1951
Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
Murder!
Movie • 1930
Man on Street (uncredited)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Movie • 2021
Dial M for Murder
Movie • 1954
Banquet Member (uncredited)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Marnie
Movie • 1964
Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
Documenting John Grierson
Movie • 2014
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 1973
Himself
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Stage Fright
Movie • 1950
Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
Sabotage
Movie • 1937
Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
The Illustrated Hitchcock
Movie • 1972
Self
The Children of Alda Nuova
Movie • 1962
self - host
The Birds
Movie • 1963
Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
Blackmail
Movie • 1929
Man on Subway (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie • 1961
Self (uncredited)
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock and Dial M
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Movie • 2006
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 1972
Self
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
Movie • 2004
Self (audio archival footage)
Sound Test for Blackmail
Movie • 1929
Self (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
Movie • 1955
Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Memory of the Camps
Movie • 1985
Self (uncredited archive footage)
Under Capricorn
Movie • 1949
Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
Movie • 2018
Himself
Hitch x 4
Movie • 2018
Himself
North by Northwest
Movie • 1959
Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie • 1943
Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
The 39 Steps
Movie • 1935
Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
A Talk with Hitchcock
Movie • 1964
Self
Notorious
Movie • 1946
Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1956
Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
I Confess
Movie • 1953
Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Movie • 1940
Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
Mondo Hollywood
Movie • 1967
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Movie • 1927
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Easy Virtue
Movie • 1928
Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
Family Plot
Movie • 1976
Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry
Movie • 1955
Passer-by (uncredited)
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
Movie • 1969
Self
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
All About 'The Birds'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
The Wrong Man
Movie • 1956
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Ring
Movie • 1927
Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 1938
Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
The Universal Story
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1934
Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
Young and Innocent
Movie • 1937
Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 1966
Himself
Suspicion
Movie • 1941
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Movie • 2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Spellbound
Movie • 1945
Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Frenzy
Movie • 1972
Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
What Is Cinema?
Movie • 2013
Self
Topaz
Movie • 1969
Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Torn Curtain
Movie • 1966
Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Saboteur
Movie • 1942
Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Rope
Movie • 1948
Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie • 1941
Man Passing David Smith on Street (uncredited)
Vertigo
Movie • 1958
Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie • 2006
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Aisles
Movie • 1984
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock on Grierson
Movie
Self
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock in the News
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Found the Money
Movie • 1960
self (host)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Movie • 1994
Himself (Archival Footage)
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Movie • 1955
Self - Host
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shepperton Babylon
Movie • 2005
Himself (Archive)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Innocent Blood
Movie • 1992
Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly
Movie • 1990
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie • 2009
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Movie • 2021
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock
Movie • 1963
Self
Night Will Fall
Movie • 2014
Self (archive photos)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie • 2023
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Self - Host
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies
TV • 1973
Self
Talking Pictures
TV • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Self - Host (archive footage)
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Self - Host
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self (archive footage)
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Self
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Samedi soir
TV • 1971
Self
Reflets de Cannes
TV • 1954
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self