Directing
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in cinema history. 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, cameo appearances in most of his films, and hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins. However, despite five nominations, he never won the Best Director award. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. The British–German silent film The Pleasure Garden (1925) was his directorial debut. 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". His thrillers The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20th century. By 1939, he had international recognition and producer David O. Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood. A string of successful films followed, including Rebecca(1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Notorious (1946). Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Hitchcock nominated as Best Director. He also received Oscar nominations for Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960). Hitchcock's other notable films include Rope (1948), Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964) and Frenzy (1972), all of which were also financially successful and are highly regarded by film historians. Hitchcock made several films with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including four with Cary Grant, four with James Stewart, three with Ingrid Bergman and three consecutively with Grace Kelly. Hitchcock became an American citizen in 1955. In 2012, Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring Stewart, displaced Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) as the British Film Institute's greatest film ever made based on its worldwide poll of hundreds of film critics. As of 2021, nine of his films had been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, including his favourite, Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1971, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, and was knighted in December of that year, four months before his death on 29 April 1980.
Filmography
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies
Film · 2026
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Film · 2025
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
Film · 2024
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Film · 2023
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Film · 2023
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?
Film · 2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Film · 2023
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Film · 2022
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Film · 2021
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Film · 2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Film · 2021
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Film · 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Film · 2021
Tales of the Uncanny
Film · 2020
Hitchcock Confidential
Film · 2019
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Film · 2019
Hitch x 4
Film · 2018
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?
Film · 2018
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Film · 2017
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Film · 2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Film · 2017
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Film · 2015
Documenting John Grierson
Film · 2014
Night Will Fall
Film · 2014
What Is Cinema?
Film · 2013
Talking Pictures
Series · 2013
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Film · 2009
Hollywood sul Tevere
Film · 2009
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Film · 2008
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Film · 2008
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Film · 2008
Hitchcock in the News
Film · 2008
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Film · 2008
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Film · 2007
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Film · 2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Film · 2006
Hitchcocked!
Film · 2006
The Making of 'Psycho'
Film · 2005
Shepperton Babylon
Film · 2005
Hitchcock and Dial M
Film · 2004
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
Film · 2004
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
Film · 2002
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief
Film · 2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Film · 2002
Heart of the Festival
Film · 2002
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Film · 2001
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Film · 2001
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
Film · 2001
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Film · 2001
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Film · 2001
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
Film · 2000
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Film · 2000
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Film · 2000
All About 'The Birds'
Film · 2000
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Film · 2000
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Film · 1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Film · 1999
Obsessed with Vertigo
Film · 1997
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Film · 1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Film · 1996
The Universal Story
Film · 1996
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Film · 1994
Innocent Blood
Film · 1992
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly
Film · 1990
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Film · 1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Film · 1988
All-Time Movie Greats
Film · 1988
Memory of the Camps
Film · 1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1985
Terror in the Aisles
Film · 1984
Family Plot
Film · 1976
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Film · 1973
The Men Who Made the Movies
Series · 1973
The Illustrated Hitchcock
Film · 1972
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock
Film · 1972
Frenzy
Film · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
Series · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
Film · 1969
Topaz
Film · 1969
The Movie Orgy
Film · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Mondo Hollywood
Film · 1967
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock
Film · 1966
Torn Curtain
Film · 1966
Marnie
Film · 1964
A Talk with Hitchcock
Film · 1964
The Birds
Film · 1963
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock
Film · 1963
The Children of Alda Nuova
Film · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Film · 1961
Psycho
Film · 1960
The Man Who Found the Money
Film · 1960
North by Northwest
Film · 1959
Vertigo
Film · 1958
Monitor
Series · 1958
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Film · 1956
The Wrong Man
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
To Catch a Thief
Film · 1955
The Trouble with Harry
Film · 1955
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Film · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Rear Window
Film · 1954
Dial M for Murder
Film · 1954
Reflets de Cannes
Series · 1954
I Confess
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Strangers on a Train
Film · 1951
The Red Skelton Show
Series · 1951
Stage Fright
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Under Capricorn
Film · 1949
Rope
Film · 1948
Notorious
Film · 1946
Spellbound
Film · 1945
Shadow of a Doubt
Film · 1943
Show-Business at War
Film · 1943
Saboteur
Film · 1942
Suspicion
Film · 1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Film · 1941
Rebecca
Film · 1940
Foreign Correspondent
Film · 1940
The Lady Vanishes
Film · 1938
Young and Innocent
Film · 1937
Sabotage
Film · 1936
The 39 Steps
Film · 1935
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Film · 1934
Murder!
Film · 1930
Blackmail
Film · 1929
Sound Test for Blackmail
Film · 1929
Easy Virtue
Film · 1928
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Film · 1927
The Ring
Film · 1927
Hitchcock on Grierson
Film
The Fall: Part I
Film
The Fall: Part II
Film