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