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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.
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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.
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Alfred Hitchcock's Filmography
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Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies
as Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
as Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential
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Hitch x 4
as Himself
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
as Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
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German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
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Night Will Fall
as Self (archive photos)
No Poster
Documenting John Grierson
What Is Cinema?
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Hollywood sul Tevere
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
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Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
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In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
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Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
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Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
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Hitchcock in the News
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hitchcocked!
as Self (archive)
The Making of 'Psycho'
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Shepperton Babylon
as Himself (Archive)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
as Self (audio archival footage)
Hitchcock and Dial M
as Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
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Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
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Heart of the Festival
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No Poster
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Plotting 'Family Plot'
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'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
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Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
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'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
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The Story of 'Frenzy'
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Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
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The Trouble with 'Marnie'
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All About 'The Birds'
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The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
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A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
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Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Self (archive footage)
Innocent Blood
as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
All-Time Movie Greats
as Self (archive footage)
Memory of the Camps
as Self (uncredited archive footage)
Terror in the Aisles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Family Plot
as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
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The Illustrated Hitchcock
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Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock
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Frenzy
as Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
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Topaz
as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
Torn Curtain
as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock
as Himself
Marnie
as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
A Talk with Hitchcock
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The Birds
as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock
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The Children of Alda Nuova
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
The Man Who Found the Money
as self (host)
Psycho
as Man Outside Office (uncredited)
North by Northwest
as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
Vertigo
as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
The Wrong Man
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry
as Passerby (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
as Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
as Self - Host
Rear Window
as Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
as Banquet Member (uncredited)
I Confess
as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
as Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)
Stage Fright
as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
Under Capricorn
as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Rope
as Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
Notorious
as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
Spellbound
as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
as Self
Shadow of a Doubt
as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
Saboteur
as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Suspicion
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Man Passing David on Street (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
Rebecca
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
Young and Innocent
as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Sabotage
as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
The 39 Steps
as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
Murder!
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Blackmail
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
Sound Test for Blackmail
as Self (uncredited)
Easy Virtue
as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
The Ring
as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
No Poster
The Fall: Part II
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Fall: Part I
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Hitchcock on Grierson
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