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      Alfred Hitchcock

      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.

      Highest rated movies

      Blackmail

      Photos

      FRENZY, director Alfred Hitchcock, on set, 1972 THE BIRDS, Tippi Hedren, Alfred Hitchcock, 1963 Night Will Fall, Alfred Hitchcock, ©HBOMR JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, (top to bottom), Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman, John Longden, Sidney Morgan, Kathleen O'Regan, Maire O'Neill, Dave Morris, John Laurie, director Alfred Hitchcock, Fred Schwartz, Dennis Wyndham, 1930 SUSPICION, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, and Alfred Hitchcock on the set, 1941 NOTORIOUS, Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Hitchock on set, 1946 PSYCHO, Alfred Hitchcock, clowning around on-set, 1960 NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Cary Grant, director Alfred Hitchcock on set, 1959 FRENZY, director Alfred Hitchcock on set, 1972 PSYCHO, (top) Vera Miles, Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh, (bottom) Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, 1960 NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, 1959 THE LADY VANISHES, from left: director Alfred Hitchcock, Margaret Lockwood on set, 1938 NORTH BY NORTHWEST, director Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant on set, 1959 THE MOUNTAIN EAGLE, from left: Bernhard Goetzke, assistant director Alma Reville (before she married Alfred Hitchcock), on set, 1926 Night Will Fall, Alfred Hitchcock, ©HBO THE BIRDS, director Alfred Hitchcock, 1963 THE WRONG MAN, from left: director Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Fonda on set, 1956 thewrongman1956-fsct01(thewrongman1956-fsct01) THE WRONG MAN, director Alfred Hitchcock (rear), seated from left: Vera Miles, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quayle (front) on set, 1956, thewrongman1956-fsct03(thewrongman1956-fsct03) FAMILY PLOT, Alfred Hitchcock (right), 1976 REBECCA, from left: director Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, on set, 1940
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 85% German Concentration Camps Factual Survey Director - 2014
      93% 62% Family Plot Director,
      Producer       		- 1976
      91% 78% Frenzy Director,
      Producer       		- 1972
      69% 36% Topaz Director,
      Producer       		- 1969
      63% 52% Torn Curtain Director,
      Producer       		- 1966
      81% 73% Marnie Director,
      Producer       		- 1964
      94% 83% The Birds Director,
      Producer       		- 1963
      97% 95% Psycho Director,
      Producer       		- 1960
      97% 94% North by Northwest Director,
      Producer       		- 1959
      92% 93% Vertigo Director,
      Producer       		$1.8M 1958
      93% 75% The Wrong Man Director,
      Producer       		- 1956
      88% 84% The Man Who Knew Too Much Director,
      Producer       		- 1956
      88% 73% The Trouble With Harry Director,
      Producer       		- 1955
      92% 84% To Catch a Thief Director,
      Producer       		- 1955
      98% 95% Rear Window Director,
      Producer       		$1.6M 1954
      90% 92% Dial M for Murder Director,
      Producer       		- 1954
      81% 77% I Confess Director,
      Producer       		- 1953
      98% 92% Strangers on a Train Director,
      Producer       		- 1951
      92% 68% Stage Fright Director,
      Producer       		- 1950
      56% 34% Under Capricorn Director,
      Producer       		- 1949
      93% 90% Rope Director,
      Producer       		- 1948
      77% 48% The Paradine Case Director - 1947
      96% 91% Notorious Director,
      Writer,
      Producer       		- 1946
      86% 82% Spellbound Director - 1945
      90% 87% Lifeboat Director - 1944
      No Score Yet 18% Bon Voyage & Aventure Malgache Director - 1944
      No Score Yet 28% Bon Voyage Director - 1944
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Madagascar Landing Director - 1944
      100% 89% Shadow of a Doubt Director - 1943
      81% 71% Saboteur Director,
      Writer       		- 1942
      97% 77% Suspicion Director,
      Producer       		- 1941
      64% 48% Mr. and Mrs. Smith Director - 1941
      96% 81% Foreign Correspondent Director - 1940
      98% 92% Rebecca Director - 1940
      52% 35% Jamaica Inn Director - 1939
      98% 88% The Lady Vanishes Director - 1938
      100% 62% Young and Innocent Director - 1937
      92% 69% The Woman Alone Director - 1936
      87% 47% Secret Agent Director - 1936
      96% 86% The 39 Steps Director - 1935
      50% 10% Waltzes From Vienna Director - 1934
      89% 67% The Man Who Knew Too Much Director - 1934
      75% 30% Rich and Strange Director,
      Writer       		- 1932
      73% 22% Number 17 Director,
      Writer       		- 1932
      38% 18% The Skin Game Director - 1931
      No Score Yet 23% Mary Director - 1931
      89% 38% Murder! Director - 1930
      27% 10% Juno and the Paycock Director - 1930
      92% 46% The Manxman Director - 1929
      87% 65% Blackmail Man on subway (uncredited) (Character),
      Director,
      Writer       		- 1929
      63% 17% Champagne Director,
      Screenwriter       		- 1928
      63% 25% Easy Virtue Director - 1928
      91% 32% The Farmer's Wife Director - 1928
      83% 31% Downhill Director - 1927
      96% 76% The Lodger Director,
      Writer       		- 1927
      90% 42% The Ring Director,
      Writer       		- 1927
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mountain Eagle Director - 1926
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mountain Eagle Director - 1926
      No Score Yet 30% The Pleasure Garden Director - 1925
      67% 29% 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

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Director,
      Host       		1962-1965
      No Score Yet 85% 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