Studio publicity photo of Hitchcock in 1955
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)[ 1] was an English director and filmmaker. Popularly known as the "Master of Suspense" for his use of innovative film techniques in thrillers ,[ 1] [ 2] Hitchcock started his career in the British film industry as a title designer and art director for a number of silent films during the early 1920s. His directorial debut was the 1925 release The Pleasure Garden .[ 3] Hitchcock followed this with The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog , his first commercial and critical success.[ 4] It featured many of the thematic elements his films would be known for, such as an innocent man on the run.[ 5] It also featured the first of his famous cameo appearances .[ 6] Two years later he directed Blackmail (1929) which was his first sound film .[ 7] In 1935, Hitchcock directed The 39 Steps ; three years later, he directed The Lady Vanishes , starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave .
In 1940, Hitchcock transitioned to Hollywood productions, the first of which was the psychological thriller Rebecca , starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine . He received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director , and the film won Best Picture .[ 8] Hitchcock worked with Fontaine again the following year on the film Suspicion , which also starred Cary Grant . In 1943, Hitchcock directed another psychological thriller Shadow of a Doubt , which starred Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten . Three years later, he reunited with Grant on Notorious , which also starred Ingrid Bergman . The film included a three-minute intermittent kissing scene between the leads shot specifically to skirt the Motion Picture Production Code which at the time limited such scenes to three seconds.[ 9] In 1948, Hitchcock directed Rope , which starred James Stewart . The film was his first in Technicolor and is remembered for its use of long takes to make the film appear to be a single continuous shot.[ 10] Three years later, he directed Strangers on a Train (1951).
Hitchcock collaborated with Grace Kelly on three films: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954) and To Catch a Thief (1955). For Rear Window , Hitchcock received a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards .[ 11] 1955 marked his debut on television as the host of the anthology television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents , which he also produced.[ 2] In 1958, Hitchcock directed the psychological thriller Vertigo , starring Stewart and Kim Novak . The film topped the 2012 poll of the British film magazine Sight & Sound of the 50 Greatest Films of All Time and also topped the American Film Institute 's Top Ten in the mystery genre.[ 12] [ 13] He followed this with the spy thriller North by Northwest (1959), which starred Grant and Eva Marie Saint . In 1960, he directed Psycho , the biggest commercial success of his career and for which he received his fifth nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards.[ 14] [ 15] Three years later, he directed the horror film The Birds , starring Tippi Hedren . The following year, he reunited with Hedren on Marnie , which also starred Sean Connery .
In recognition of his career, Hitchcock garnered the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Fellowship Award,[ 16] the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award,[ 17] the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ,[ 18] the Directors Guild of America 's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award .[ 19] [ 20] He received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to acknowledge his film and television achievements.[ 21] In 1980, Hitchcock received a knighthood.[ 22]
Film
As director
Other work
Television
See also
References
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^ a b Flint, Peter B. (30 April 1980). "Alfred Hitchcock Dies; A Master of Suspense" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017 .
^ Dixon, Bryony (17 January 2014). "Hitchcock and the mystery of the tea cup" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 14 August 2016.
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"The Lodger" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
^ Walker, Michael (2005). Hitchcock's Motifs . Amsterdam University Press. pp. 87– 88. ISBN 978-90-5356-773-9 .
^ Duguid, Mark. "Example: Blackmail: Silent and Sound: 1" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
^ "The 13th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017.
^ Ebert, Roger (17 August 1997). "Notorious Movie Review & Film Summary (1946)" . Roger Ebert. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
^ "Rope" . Turner Classic Movies . Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^ "The 27th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017.
^ Christie, Ian. "The 50 Greatest Films of All Time" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 1 March 2017.
^ "Top 10 Mystery" . American Film Institute . Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
^ Parkinson, David. "Psycho" . Radio Times . Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
^ Thomson, David (9 November 2010). The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder . Basic Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-465-02070-6 . [permanent dead link ]
^ "100 BAFTA Moments — Sir Alfred Hitchcock Receives the First BAFTA Fellowship" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
^ "1979 Alfred Hitchcock Tribute" . American Film Institute . Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
^ "Alfred Hitchcock receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). July 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
^ "James Burrows & Robert Butler To Receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award For Television" . Deadline Hollywood . Penske Media Corporation . 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016.
^ "Cecil B. DeMille® Award" . Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Archived from the original on 14 January 2014.
^ "Alfred Hitchcock" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 20 February 2017.
^ "Queen's honours: People who have turned them down named" . BBC News . 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016.
^ Strauss, Marc (12 October 2004). Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films . Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7864-8192-7 .
^ "39 Steps, The (1935)" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Secret Agent (1936)" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.
^ French, Philip (24 July 2012). "My favourite Hitchcock: The Lady Vanishes" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
^ Boult, Adam (2 April 2014). "Free show: The Lady Vanishes" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ Nugent, Frank S. (12 October 1939). "Laughton Obscures Hitchcock in 'Jamaica Inn' at the Rivoli--'What a Life' Seen at the Paramount, and 'Fast and Furious' at Loew's Criterion" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
^ Hann, Michael (7 August 2012). "My favourite Hitchcock: Rebecca" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
^ Ray, Saptarshi (27 August 2012). "My favourite Hitchcock: Foreign Correspondent" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 15 November 2016.
^ " 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith': THR's 1941 Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017.
^ Crowther, Bosley (21 November 1941). " " Suspicion" a Hitchcock Thriller, at Music Hall --"Shadow of Thin Man," at Capitol -- Errol Flynn as Gen. Caster at Strand" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 4 August 2016.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Alfred Hitchcock — Filmography" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2015. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015.
^ "Life on the Home Front" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
^ French, Philip. "Dial M for Murder 3D – review" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 22 July 2016.
^ "24. The Man Who Knew Too Much" . Empire . Bauer Media Group . Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
^ Weiler, A. H. (24 December 1956). "Screen: New Format for Hitchcock; Suspense Is Dropped in 'The Wrong Man' Fonda Plays Title Role of Paramount Film Martin and Lewis Abbott and Costello" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
^ "Review: 'Vertigo' " . Variety . Penske Media Corporation . 14 May 1958. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017.
^ "Review: 'North by Northwest' " . Variety . Penske Media Corporation . 29 June 1959. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
^ a b Brooke, Michael. "Hitchcock at War" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
^ Thomas, Kevin (26 April 1994). "How Hitchcock Fought Nazis : The Master Made Two Propaganda Films That Haven't Been Seen Here, Until Now" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
^ "The Shaping of Alfred Hitchcock" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 30 March 2016.
^ van Hoejj, Boyd (14 February 2014). "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey: Berlin Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Prometheus Global Media . Archived from the original on 9 July 2015.
^ Jeffries, Stuart (9 January 2015). "The Holocaust film that was too shocking to show" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 10 January 2017.
^ "Museum Of Television & Radio Screening Series, The: Murder In The Living Room: Hitchcock By Hitchcock, Package 1: Unveiling Vera Miles" . Paley Center for Media . Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.
^ "The Complete Hitchcock: Television" . Paley Center for Media. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016.
^ Vernon, Terry (6 February 1962). "Tele-Vues" . Long Beach Independent . p. 30. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015 – via Newspapers.com .
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