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Main Movie Roles 1984 - Terror in the Aisles 1976 - Family Plot 1972 - Frenzy 1969 - Topaz 1966 - Torn Curtain 1964 - Marnie 1963 - The Birds 1960 - Psycho 1959 - North by Northwest 1958 - Vertigo 1956 - The Wrong Man 1956 - The Man Who Knew Too Much 1955 - To Catch a Thief 1955 - The Trouble with Harry 1954 - Rear Window 1954 - Dial M For Murder 1953 - I Confess 1951 - Strangers on a Train 1950 - Stage Fright 1949 - Under Capricorn 1948 - Rope 1947 - The Paradine Case 1946 - Notorious 1945 - Spellbound 1943 - Shadow of a Doubt 1942 - Saboteur 1941 - Suspicion 1941 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith 1940 - Rebecca 1940 - Foreign Correspondent 1938 - The Lady Vanishes 1937 - Young and Innocent 1935 - The 39 Steps 1930 - Murder! 1929 - Blackmail 1928 - Easy Virtue

BIOGRAPHY:

Alfred Hitchcock was the son of East End greengrocer William Hitchcock and his wife Emma. Raised as a strict Catholic and attending Saint Ignatius College, a school run by Jesuits, Hitch had very much of a regular upbringing. His first job outside of the family business was in 1915 as an estimator for the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. His interest in movies began at around this time, frequently visiting the cinema and reading US trade journals.

In 1920, Hitch learned that Lasky were to open a studio in London and managed to secure a job as a title designer. He designed the titles for all the movies made at the studio for the next two years. In 1923, he got his first chance at directing when the director of Always Tell Your Wife (1923) fell ill and Hitch completed the movie. Impressed by his work, studio chiefs gave him his first directing assignment on Number 13 (1922); however, before it could be finished, the studio closed its British operation. Hitch was then hired by Michael Balcon to work as an assistant director for the company later to be known as Gainsborough Pictures. In reality, Hitch did more than this -- working as a writer, title designer and art director. After several films for the company, Hitch was given the chance to direct a British/German co-production called The Pleasure Garden (1925). Hitchcock's career as a director finally began. Hitchcock went on to become the most widely known and influential director in the history of world cinema with a significant body of work produced over 50 years.


TRIVIA:

• Is the "voice" of the "Jaws" ride at Universal Studios.
• Education: St. Ignatius College, London, School of Engineering and Navigation (Studied mechanics, electricity, acoustics and navigation); University of London (Studied art).
• Due to his death in 1980, he never got to see _Psycho II (1983)_ (qv) . It remains unsure as to whether or not he was approached regarding the second movie, or any other "_Psycho (1960)_ (qv) -Expansion" motion picture.
• _Der müde Tod (1921)_ (qv) by 'Fritz Lang (I)' (qv) was his declared favorite movie.
• Ranked #2 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest directors ever!" [2005]
• After 'Martin Scorsese' (qv) won the Best Director Oscar for _The Departed (2006)_ (qv), Hitchcock became the filmmaker with the most Best Director nominations without a win in that category (5).
• Born only one day before his wife, 'Alma Reville' (qv)
• He would work closely with screenwriters, giving them a series of scenes that he wanted in the films, thus closely controlling what he considered the most important aspect of the filmmaking process. Although the screenwriter would write the actual dialogue and blocking, many of the scripts for his films were rigidly based on his ideas.