Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most well known directors in film history. Most known for some of his films surrounding the British film industry, such as, Physo and North by Northwest. Born in August,1899 Hitchcock grew up in Leytonstone.He is most known for some of the terms he came up with when filming such as the McGuffin. His carreer lasted an outsanding 6 decades, where he managed to direct 53 full length films.

Career
Hitchcock had a lenthy career that lasted a great deal longer than any other known director. As a British film director his dreams of reaching a big blockbuster that would hit it off in America were soon reached when his film Psycho was released in 1960.



This was the film that gave Alfed Hitchcock his name and he continued to make more films. His films were shot in such a way that the fear would maxamise fear and anxiety in all his thrillers. He became well known for his use of the 'icy blonde' as he knew the idea worked. This is something that is consistent in his films. His use of editing and unusual camera angles are still used today and remembered. They have been passed down though films and they seem to never be forgotten.
Another film Hitchcock was made famous for was 'North by Northwest' which was also a big hit. This film brought something very different to the film industry at the time and everyone enjoyed it.




After this, a film called 'The Birds' came out and this was a huge success. The angles used in this and style of editing yet again brought something new to the table. On the night of the premier, he set up the area with trees and birds so when the audience had finished watching they could feel the experience themselves. I feel that Hitchcock wanted the audience to have the whole film experience and that is what he delivered.




Alfred Hitchcock died in April 1980, yet his films still live on. Hitchcock is still one of the greatest British film makers in history. Even today people say his films are unquestionably the best. They will be remembered because they were so different and this is what makes them so good.

Here is a list of Hitchcock's Filmography;

• Number 13 (1922) (unfinished)
• Always Tell Your Wife (1923)
• The Pleasure Garden (1925)
• The Mountain Eagle (1926) (lost)
• The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
• The Ring (1927)
• Downhill (1927)
• The Farmer's Wife (1928)
• Easy Virtue (1928)
• Champagne (1928)
• The Manxman (1929)
• Blackmail (1929)
• Juno and the Paycock (1930)
• Murder! (1930)
• Elstree Calling (1930)
• The Skin Game (1931)
• Mary (1931)
• Rich and Strange (1931)
• Number Seventeen (1932)
• Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• Secret Agent (1936)
• Sabotage (1936)
• Young and Innocent (1937)
• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• Jamaica Inn (1939)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
• Suspicion (1941)
• Saboteur (1942)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Lifeboat (1944)
• Aventure Malgache (1944)
• Bon Voyage (1944)
• Spellbound (1945)
• Notorious (1946)
• The Paradine Case (1947)
• Rope (1948)

• Under Capricorn (1949)
• Stage Fright (1950)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• I Confess (1953)
• Dial M for Murder (1954)
• Rear Window (1954)
• To Catch a Thief (1955)
• The Trouble with Harry (1955)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• The Wrong Man (1956)
• Vertigo (1958)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Psycho (1960)
• The Birds (1963)
• Marnie (1964)
• Torn Curtain (1966)
• Topaz (1969)
• Frenzy (1972)
• Family Plot (1976)
• The Short Night (1979) (cancelled)