Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock
He is known as the master of the thriller genre he virtually invented. He was born on the 13th August 1899 and died on the 29th April 1980. He started his film making career in 1919 where he illustrated title cards for silent films at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London.

In his 6-decade-career he directed many feature films. Below is Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography:
The silent years: The pleasure garden (1925), The Mountain Eagle (1927), The Lodger (1927), Downhill (1927), Easy Virtue (1927), The Ring (1927), Champagne (1928), The Farmer’s Wife (1928), The Manxman (1929)
The British Classics: Blackmail (1929), Juno and the Paycock (1930), Murder! (1930), The Skin Game (1931), Number Seventeen (1932), Rich and Strange (1932), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Waltzes From Vienna (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), Sabotage (1936), Secret Agent (1936), Young and Innocent (1937), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Jamaica Inn (1939), Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Vintage Hollywood: Rebecca (1940), Mr and Mrs Smith (1941), Suspicion (1941), Saboteur (1942)
The War Years: Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945)
Perfecting the Art: Notorious (1946), The Paradine Case (1948), Rope (1948), Under Capricorn (1949), Stage Fright (1950)
The Fourth Decade: Strangers on a Train (1951), I Confess (1953), Dial “M” for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954)
The Master of Suspense: To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (remake) (1956), The Wrong Man (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960)

The Grand Old Man: The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1966), Topaz (1969)

Coming Home: Frenzy (1972), Family Plot (1976)


Hitchcock’s Awards
BAFTA Award – Academy Fellowship (1971)
!968: Lifetime Achievement Award
1972: Ceale B Demile Award
1958: Golden Globe
1958,59: Silver Seashell