Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock was a pioneering British film director and producer, famed as the "Master of Suspense" for his influential psychological thrillers and innovative cinematic techniques.


Statements (83)
Predicate Object
instanceOf film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
television host
awardReceived AFI Life Achievement Award
Academy Award for Best Picture for "Rebecca" (as director of winning film)
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
causeOfDeath kidney failure
child Patricia Hitchcock
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
dateOfAward 1980-01-03
dateOfBirth 1899-08-13
dateOfDeath 1980-04-29
dateOfMarriage 1926-12-02
dateOfNaturalization 1955
directed Blackmail
Dial M for Murder
North by Northwest
Notorious
Psycho
Rear Window
Rebecca
Shadow of a Doubt
Strangers on a Train
The 39 Steps
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Vertigo
educatedAt St Ignatius College, London
employer Gainsborough Pictures
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Paramount Pictures
Selznick International Pictures
Universal Pictures
familyName Hitchcock
fieldOfWork cinema
fullName Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
genreSpecialization psychological thriller
suspense film
givenName Alfred
honorificTitle Knight Bachelor
influenced Brian De Palma
Claude Chabrol
David Fincher
François Truffaut
Roman Polanski
knownFor cameo appearances in his own films
innovative cinematic techniques
use of suspense and tension
language English
nickname Master of Suspense
notableWork Blackmail
Dial M for Murder
North by Northwest
Notorious
Psycho
Rear Window
Rebecca
Sabotage
Shadow of a Doubt
Strangers on a Train
The 39 Steps
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Vertigo
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
television presenter
placeOfBirth Leytonstone, London, England
placeOfDeath Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States
religion Roman Catholicism
residence London, England
Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male
signatureStyleElement MacGuffin plot device
elaborate storyboarding of shots
subjective camera techniques
spouse Alma Reville

Referenced by (85)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Blackmail (1929 film)
Dial M for Murder
Family Plot
North by Northwest
Notorious
Psycho
Rear Window
Rebecca (1940 film)
Sabotage
Saboteur
Spellbound
Spellbound (1945 film)
The 39 Steps
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
The Paradine Case
The Skin Game (1931 film)
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
director
Dial M for Murder
North by Northwest
Notorious
Psycho
Rear Window
The Birds
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
producer
Bruce Dern
Grace Kelly
Hume Cronyn
James Stewart
Jessica Tandy
Norman Lloyd
Peter Lorre
Thelma Ritter
workedWith
Bernard Herrmann
David O. Selznick
Edith Head
Joseph Cotten
Salvador Dalí
collaboratedWith
Battleship Potemkin
D. W. Griffith
Lev Kuleshov
Sergei Eisenstein
influenced
Brian De Palma
Claude Chabrol
Martin Scorsese
Pedro Almodóvar
influencedBy
AFI Life Achievement Award
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
notableRecipient
Alfred Hitchcock ("Hitchcock")
Ken Hitchcock ("Hitchcock")
familyName
Anthony Hopkins
Toby Jones
portrayed
St Ignatius College, London
alumniInclude
MacGuffin plot device
associatedWith
Bates Motel
basedOnWorkBy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
creator
Master of Suspense
epithetOf
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Alfred Hitchcock (host segments)")
featuredActor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
featuredDirector
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
filmEditingBy
BAFTA Fellowship
firstRecipient
Alfred Hitchcock ("Alfred Joseph Hitchcock")
fullName
St Ignatius College, London
hasAlumnus
Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City)
hasNotableBurial
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
host
Family Plot
isFinalFeatureFilmOf
St Ignatius College, London
notableAlumnus
Alfred
notableBearer
Hollywood Golden Age
notableDirector
Anthony Hopkins ("Hitchcock")
notableWork
Spellbound (1945 film) ("Alfred Hitchcock filmography")
partOf
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) ("Alfred Hitchcock filmography")
partOfDirectorFilmography
Saboteur
partOfFilmographyOf
MacGuffin plot device
popularizedBy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
presenter
Family Plot
producedBy
Master of Suspense
refersTo
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
remakeDirector
Blackmail (1929 film)
screenwriter
Cary Grant
workedWithDirector

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