Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or "MacGuffins" meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Telegraph, which said: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else." The magazine MovieMaker has described him as the most influential filmmaker of all-time, and he is widely regarded as one of cinema's most significant artists.
Movie | Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel | Self (archive footage) | 2023-03-05 |
Movie | I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2021-05-02 |
Movie | Tales of the Uncanny | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-31 |
Movie | Hitchcock Confidential | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-24 |
Movie | German Concentration Camps Factual Survey | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-06 |
Movie | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story | Self (archive footage) | 2017-02-01 |
Movie | Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
Movie | 78/52 | Self (archive footage) | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self (archive footage) | 2015-08-27 |
Movie | Hitchcock/Truffaut | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-09-04 |
Movie | Documenting John Grierson | 2014-02-28 | |
Movie | Night Will Fall | Self (archive footage) | 2014-06-07 |
Series | Talking Pictures | Himself - Archive footage | 2013-01-05 |
Movie | What Is Cinema? | Self | 2013-09-06 |
Movie | The Psycho Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-10-19 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' | Self (archive footage) | 2009-06-29 |
Movie | The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style | Self (archive footage) | 2009-11-03 |
Movie | Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-07 |
Movie | Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-07 |
Movie | In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-07 |
Movie | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
Movie | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2006-09-16 |
Movie | The Pervert's Guide to Cinema | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2006-10-06 |
Movie | The Making of 'Psycho' | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-26 |
Movie | Hitchcock and Dial M | Self (archive footage) | 2004-10-31 |
Movie | Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years | Self (audio archival footage) | 2004-11-24 |
Movie | Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation | Self (archive footage) | 2002-11-05 |
Movie | Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief | Self (archive footage) | 2002-11-05 |
Movie | The Story of 'Frenzy' | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | 'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | Rope Unleashed | Himself (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | All About 'The Birds' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-05-28 |
Movie | The Trouble with 'Marnie' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-05-30 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-04-01 |
Movie | Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-09-10 |
Movie | 'Torn Curtain' Rising | Himself (archive footage) | 2000-12-01 |
Movie | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-23 |
Movie | Hitchcock: The Early Years | Self (archive footage) | 1999-10-07 |
Movie | Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock | Self (archive footage) | 1999-08-05 |
Movie | Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-06 |
Movie | The Universal Story | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-21 |
Movie | Love, Cheat & Steal | Arresting Cop | 1993-12-05 |
Movie | Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self (archive footage) | 1988-03-08 |
Movie | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) | 1988-06-05 |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Self - Host (archive footage) | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Family Plot | Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited) | 1976-04-09 |
Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock | Himself | 1973-01-01 |
Series | The Men Who Made the Movies | Unknown | 1973-11-04 |
Movie | Frenzy | Spectator at Opening Rally | 1972-05-25 |
Movie | Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 1972-07-15 |
Movie | The Illustrated Hitchcock | Self | 1972-07-15 |
Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Unknown | 1971-05-09 |
Movie | Topaz | Man in Wheelchair (uncredited) | 1969-12-17 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Mondo Hollywood | 1967-06-30 | |
Movie | Torn Curtain | Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited) | 1966-07-15 |
Movie | Marnie | Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited) | 1964-07-17 |
Movie | A Talk with Hitchcock | Self | 1964-02-21 |
Movie | The Birds | Pet Store Customer (uncredited) | 1963-03-28 |
Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Self - Host | 1962-09-20 |
Movie | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
Movie | Psycho | Man Outside Office (uncredited) | 1960-06-22 |
Movie | North by Northwest | Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited) | 1959-07-08 |
Movie | Vertigo | Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited) | 1958-05-28 |
Movie | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited) | 1956-05-16 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | The Wrong Man | Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1956-12-22 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Self - Host | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | To Catch a Thief | Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited) | 1955-08-03 |
Movie | The Trouble with Harry | Passer-by (uncredited) | 1955-10-03 |
Movie | Dial M for Murder | Banquet Member (uncredited) | 1954-05-29 |
Movie | Rear Window | Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited) | 1954-08-01 |
Movie | I Confess | Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited) | 1953-02-13 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Strangers on a Train | Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited) | 1951-06-27 |
Movie | Stage Fright | Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited) | 1950-02-23 |
Movie | Under Capricorn | Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited) | 1949-09-08 |
Movie | Rope | Man Walking in Street After Opening Credits (uncredited) | 1948-03-11 |
Movie | Notorious | Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited) | 1946-08-21 |
Movie | Spellbound | Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited) | 1945-11-08 |
Movie | Shadow of a Doubt | Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited) | 1943-01-15 |
Movie | Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
Movie | Saboteur | Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Suspicion | Man Mailing Letter (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Man Passing David Smith on Street (uncredited) | 1941-01-31 |
Movie | Rebecca | Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | Foreign Correspondent | Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited) | 1940-08-16 |
Movie | The Lady Vanishes | Man in London Railway Station (uncredited) | 1938-10-07 |
Movie | Sabotage | Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed | 1937-01-08 |
Movie | Young and Innocent | Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited) | 1937-11-01 |
Movie | The 39 Steps | Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited) | 1935-06-06 |
Movie | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited) | 1934-12-01 |
Movie | Murder! | Man on Street (uncredited) | 1930-07-31 |
Movie | Sound Test for Blackmail | Self (uncredited) | 1929-01-01 |
Movie | Blackmail | Man on Subway (uncredited) | 1929-07-28 |
Movie | Easy Virtue | Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited) | 1928-03-05 |
Movie | The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited) | 1927-02-14 |
Movie | The Ring | Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited) | 1927-10-01 |