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Alfred Hitchcock

Highest Rated: 100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Lowest Rated: 30% 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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100% 89% Shadow of a Doubt
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100% 61% Young and Innocent
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98% 95% Rear Window
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98% 92% Rebecca
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98% 92% Strangers on a Train
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98% 88% The Lady Vanishes
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97% 77% Suspicion
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96% 85% The 39 Steps
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German Concentration Camps Factual Survey 85% 2014 Director Family Plot 92% 62% 1976 Director, Producer Frenzy 91% 78% 1972 Director, Producer Topaz 68% 36% 1969 Director, Producer Torn Curtain 63% 52% 1966 Director, Producer Marnie 80% 72% 1964 Director, Producer The Birds 94% 83% 1963 Director, Producer Psycho 97% 95% 1960 Director, Producer North by Northwest 97% 94% 1959 Director, Producer Vertigo 93% 92% 1958 Director, Producer The Wrong Man 93% 75% 1956 Director, Producer The Man Who Knew Too Much 88% 84% 1956 Director, Producer The Trouble With Harry 88% 73% 1955 Director, Producer To Catch a Thief 93% 84% 1955 Director, Producer Rear Window 98% 95% 1954 Director, Producer Dial M for Murder 90% 92% 1954 Director, Producer I Confess 81% 77% 1953 Director, Producer Strangers on a Train 98% 92% 1951 Director, Producer Stage Fright 92% 68% 1950 Director, Producer Under Capricorn 53% 34% 1949 Director, Producer Rope 93% 90% 1948 Director, Producer The Paradine Case 77% 49% 1947 Director Notorious 96% 91% 1946 Director, Writer, Producer Spellbound 86% 82% 1945 Director Lifeboat 90% 87% 1944 Director
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