Alfred Hitchcock
English filmmaker (1899–1980)
Who was Alfred Hitchcock?
Alfred Hitchcock lived from August 13, 1899 to April 29, 1980. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His directorial debut was the British–German silent film The Pleasure Garden (1926).
Historical significance
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. Among other accolades, his films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. His first successful film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, and Blackmail (1929) was the first British "talkie".
