Alfred Hitchcock
Biography
Alfred Hitchcock was an English filmmaker, born in Leytonstone, whose six-decade career included more than 50 features and earned him the nickname Master of Suspense. His first film job, in 1919, involved designing title cards. His first success as a director came with The Lodger (1927), which helped establish the thriller. Blackmail (1929) was Britain's first sound feature. The 39 Steps (1935) gained him notice in the United States, and The Lady Vanishes (1938) is counted among the great British films. Producer David O. Selznick brought him to Hollywood, where Rebecca (1940) won Best Picture and earned Hitchcock his first Best Director nomination. His later notable works include Vertigo (1958), Frenzy (1972), Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951). He hosted and produced Alfred Hitchcock Presents. His films received 46 Academy Award nominations, and he was given a BAFTA Fellowship in 1971 and an AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979. He died in 1980.
80years old at death
- Born Leytonstone
- Died Bel Air
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (birth name)Also credited as Sir Alfred Hitchcock, The Master of Suspense, Alfred J. Hitchcock, Sir Alfred J. Hitchcock and Master of Suspense
Movie Career
- Films
- 28
- Career span
- 95 years1927 to 2022
Genres
- Thriller54%, 15 films
- Mystery36%, 10 films
- Crime32%, 9 films
- Documentary29%, 8 films
- Drama21%, 6 films
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First role
Balcon wanted Hitchcock to direct The Pleasure Garden, a 1926 picture with Virginia Valli in the lead. Gainsborough and the German company Emelka worked together on it at the Geiselgasteig studio close to Munich.
A first
The Lodger came out in January 1927 and did well with both audiences and critics in the UK. Hitchcock, looking for self-publicity, made his first cameo in it, seated in a newsroom.
A first
Hitchcock's 1929 film Blackmail was the first British talkie, made when British International Pictures converted its Elstree studios to sound.
Behind the camera
With his friend Sidney Bernstein, Hitchcock started an independent production company called Transatlantic Pictures. He made two films with it, and one of them was his first color film.
A change of course
Hitchcock hosted the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955 to 1965. The show turned him into a celebrity thanks to his droll delivery, gallows humor and distinctive features.
A first
In 2012, a British Film Institute poll of hundreds of film critics worldwide named Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring Stewart, the greatest film ever made, displacing Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.
Alfred Hitchcock movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Laurent Bouzereau directed two of these films. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Laurent BouzereauDirector, 2 films, 2001 to 2005
All films by Laurent Bouzereau
Also two films together20 more actors
- Janet LeighI Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021) and The Making of 'Psycho' (2005)
- Kim NovakI Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021) and Vertigo (1958)
- Vera MilesHitchcock/Truffaut (2015) and The Wrong Man (1956)
- Farley GrangerStrangers on a Train (1951) and Rope (1948)
- John WilliamsTo Catch a Thief (1955) and Dial M for Murder (1954)
- Donald CalthropMurder! (1930) and Blackmail (1929)
- Frank AtkinsonYoung and Innocent (1937) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
- John LongdenYoung and Innocent (1937) and Blackmail (1929)
- Tom HelmoreVertigo (1958) and The Ring (1927)
- Forbes MurrayVertigo (1958) and Dial M for Murder (1954)
- Clare GreetThe Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and The Ring (1927)
- Hannah JonesMurder! (1930) and Blackmail (1929)
- Gus McNaughtonThe 39 Steps (1935) and Murder! (1930)
- George CurzonYoung and Innocent (1937) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
- Jerry VernoYoung and Innocent (1937) and The 39 Steps (1935)
- Phyllis KonstamMurder! (1930) and Blackmail (1929)
- Anny OndraHitchcock/Truffaut (2015) and Blackmail (1929)
- Alma RevilleHitchcock/Truffaut (2015) and The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
- Joan HarrisonI Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
- Nova PilbeamYoung and Innocent (1937) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Alfred Hitchcock's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$90.6 million
16 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 16 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 86% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$13M14.6% of the total
- 2$13M14.4% of the total
- 3$13M13.9% of the total
- 4$8.8M9.7% of the total
- 5$8.3M9.2% of the total
- 6$7.8M8.6% of the total
- 7$7.0M7.7% of the total
- 8$7.0M7.7% of the total
$12.9 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 14% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1960 to 1979, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1971 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Won | |
| Awards | Won | ||
| BAFTA | |||
| 1971 | Fellowship | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 1979 | AFI Life Achievement Award | Won | |
| 1979 | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| 1967 | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Won | |
| 1960 | Edgar Awards | Won | |
| Knight of the Legion of Honour | Won | ||
| Officer of Arts and Letters | Won | ||
| Saturn Awards | Won | ||
| Silver Shell for Best Director | Won | ||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
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