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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13th of August 1899, in Leytonstone, London, England, UK. As soon as he finished university, he entered the world of film. Hitchcock started as a draftsman for a film studio and quickly worked his way upwards to scriptwriter, then art director, assistant director, until his debut film as a director, "The Pleasure Garden", in 1925.
In 1926 he married Alma Reville, a film editor. They had a daughter, Patricia Hitchcock, who appeared in some of Hitchcock’s most famous films.
It was with the film "The Lodger" in 1927, that Hitchcock had his first hit and was widely noticed as a director. In 1929, Hitchcock directed "Blackmail" which was groundbreaking in its success as the first widely popular non-silent film.
Hitchcock’s reputation in Britain was consolidated with his hits such as "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), "The 39 Steps" (1935) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938). These films had got him noticed internationally and in 1939 Hitchcock moved across the Atlantic which marked a critical point in his career.
Hitchcock’s American debut film, "Rebecca" starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine and was a huge success, winning an Oscar for Best Picture. Success followed success for Hitchcock with a veritable rope of hits, perhaps the most famous being "Notorious" (1946), "Rear Window" (1954), "Vertigo" (1958), "North by Northwest" (1959) and of course "Psycho" (1960).
Hitchcock’s success earned him his followers as well as his critics. Some of his critics argued his films lacked substance but his admirers argued that the truth was the opposite and instead Hitchcock was "an all-round specialist".
Hitchcock’s style was one of meticulous planning from which it is reported that he never improvised or deviated from. He also kept to his own maxim on the value of suspense over shock.
This appreciation of planning could help explain why he liked to use the same actors regularly. Although he also famously disliked most actors and their behaviour and perhaps his regular use of a select few can be put down to the fact that there were only a few actors Hitchcock actually liked or admired. His ‘select few’ included Cary Grant, James Stewart, Vera Miles, and Grace Kelly. The ‘actor’ that appeared in almost all of his films was, however, himself as he nearly always gave himself a cameo in each of his films.
Allthough he won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1940 for "Rebecca", Hitchcock surprisingly (despite being nominated on several occasions) never won an Oscar for Best Director, but In 1979 he was recognised by the British establishment and was knighted by the Queen.
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock died at the age of 80, on the 29th April, 1980.
Filmography: Alfred Hitchcock - Masterpiece Collection, Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( Season One ), Dial M for Murder, Family Plot, Foreign Correspondent, Frenzy, I Confess, Jamaica Inn, Marnie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941), North by Northwest, Notorious, Psycho (1960), Rear Window, Rebecca, Rope, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Stage Fright (1950), Strangers On A Train, Suspicion, The 39 Steps, The Birds, The Lady Vanishes, The Man who knew too Much, The Manxman, The Trouble with Harry, The Wrong Man, To Catch a Thief, Topaz, Torn Curtain, Under Capricorn, Vertigo,
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