Alfred Hitchcock
Highest Rated: 100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Lowest Rated: 27% Juno and the Paycock (1930)
Birthday: Aug 13, 1899
Birthplace: Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Among the most celebrated, imitated, and beloved directors of the 20th century, Alfred Hitchcock is widely seen as the father of the thriller. Born in Essex in 1899, Hitchcock was studying engineering at London County Council School of Engineering and Navigation when, in 1914, his father died suddenly, prompting him to drop out in order to help support his family. Highly interested in the then new industry of film production, he made his first foray into movie making when he was hired at the London branch of Famous Players-Lasky as a title card designer. There, he gained experience in writing, editing, and production management, and was eventually assigned his first film as a director, "The Pleasure Garden" (1925). Collaborating with his wife, the writer, script supervisor, and editor Alma Reville almost from day one, Hitchcock would make a name for himself as a director just a short while later with his first thriller, "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog" (1927). After directing England's first talkie, 1929's "Blackmail" (1929), Hitchcock began churning out a number of high-tension films that would soon become classics, including "The 39 Steps" (1935) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938). Eventually, he would relocate to Hollywood, making his American film debut with the Selznick International Pictures mystery "Rebecca" (1940) in 1940. Even more iconic thrillers would follow including "Notorious" (1946), "Dial M For Murder" (1954), "Rear Window" (1954), and "To Catch a Thief" (1955). In 1955, Hitchcock expanded his reach into television, producing and hosting the anthology series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (CBS, 1955-1965). He would remain best known as a filmmaker however, directing beloved films like "Vertigo" (1958), "North by Northwest" (1959), and perhaps the most venerated thriller of all time, "Psycho" (1960). Hitchcock's output would slow during the '60s and '70s as he experienced health problems, with his final film "Family Plot" (1976) released in 1976. Hitchcock passed away on April 29, 1980. He was 80 years old.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Filmography
Movies
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German Concentration Camps Factual Survey | Director | - | 2014 |
93% |
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Family Plot |
Director, Producer |
- | 1976 |
91% |
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Frenzy |
Director, Producer |
- | 1972 |
69% |
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Topaz |
Director, Producer |
- | 1969 |
63% |
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Torn Curtain |
Director, Producer |
- | 1966 |
81% |
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Marnie |
Director, Producer |
- | 1964 |
94% |
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The Birds |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
97% |
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Psycho |
Director, Producer |
- | 1960 |
97% |
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North by Northwest |
Director, Producer |
- | 1959 |
93% |
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Vertigo |
Director, Producer |
$1.8M | 1958 |
93% |
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The Wrong Man |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
88% |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
88% |
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The Trouble With Harry |
Director, Producer |
- | 1955 |
92% |
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To Catch a Thief |
Director, Producer |
- | 1955 |
98% |
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Rear Window |
Director, Producer |
$1.6M | 1954 |
90% |
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Dial M for Murder |
Director, Producer |
- | 1954 |
81% |
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I Confess |
Director, Producer |
- | 1953 |
98% |
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Strangers on a Train |
Director, Producer |
- | 1951 |
92% |
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Stage Fright |
Director, Producer |
- | 1950 |
56% |
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Under Capricorn |
Director, Producer |
- | 1949 |
93% |
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Rope |
Director, Producer |
- | 1948 |
77% |
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The Paradine Case | Director | - | 1947 |
96% |
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Notorious |
Director, Writer, Producer |
- | 1946 |
86% |
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Spellbound | Director | - | 1945 |
90% |
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Lifeboat | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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Bon Voyage & Aventure Malgache | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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Bon Voyage | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madagascar Landing | Director | - | 1944 |
100% |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Director | - | 1943 |
81% |
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Saboteur |
Director, Writer |
- | 1942 |
97% |
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Suspicion |
Director, Producer |
- | 1941 |
65% |
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith | Director | - | 1941 |
96% |
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Foreign Correspondent | Director | - | 1940 |
98% |
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Rebecca | Director | - | 1940 |
52% |
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Jamaica Inn | Director | - | 1939 |
98% |
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The Lady Vanishes | Director | - | 1938 |
100% |
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Young and Innocent | Director | - | 1937 |
92% |
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The Woman Alone | Director | - | 1936 |
87% |
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Secret Agent | Director | - | 1936 |
96% |
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The 39 Steps | Director | - | 1935 |
50% |
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Waltzes From Vienna | Director | - | 1934 |
89% |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much | Director | - | 1934 |
69% |
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Rich and Strange |
Director, Writer |
- | 1932 |
73% |
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Number 17 |
Director, Writer |
- | 1932 |
38% |
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The Skin Game | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet |
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Mary | Director | - | 1931 |
84% |
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Murder! | Director | - | 1930 |
27% |
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Juno and the Paycock | Director | - | 1930 |
92% |
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The Manxman | Director | - | 1929 |
88% |
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Blackmail |
Man on subway (uncredited) (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 1929 |
63% |
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Champagne |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1928 |
63% |
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Easy Virtue | Director | - | 1928 |
91% |
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The Farmer's Wife | Director | - | 1928 |
83% |
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Downhill | Director | - | 1927 |
90% |
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The Ring |
Director, Writer |
- | 1927 |
96% |
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The Lodger |
Director, Writer |
- | 1927 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mountain Eagle | Director | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet |
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The Pleasure Garden | Director | - | 1925 |
67% |
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The White Shadow |
Screenwriter, Film Editing, Production Design, Art Director, Set Decoration |
- | 1924 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Number 13 |
Director, Producer |
- | 1922 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour |
Director, Host |
1962-1965 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
Executive Producer, Director, Host |
1955-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Startime | Director | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1954 |