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.

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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 (1940 film)
surface form: 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 Alfred Hitchcock self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hitchcock
fieldOfWork cinema
fullName Alfred Hitchcock self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 (1940 film)
surface form: 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
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male
signatureStyleElement MacGuffin plot device
elaborate storyboarding of shots
subjective camera techniques
spouse Alma Reville

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subject surface form: Blackmail
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