Alfred Hitchcock

 

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Height 5' 7" (1,70 m) Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980) was an Anglo-American director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters

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Alfred Hitchcock

Born 1899-08-13 (124 years ago) in Leytonstone, London, England. Dead 1980-04-29 (80 years).
Height 170 centimeters.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
AFI Life Achievement Award 7th AFI Life Achievement Award 1979
Edgar Grand Master Award 1973 Edgar Awards 1973
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award 1971 British Academy Film and Television Awards 1971
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award 29th Golden Globe Awards 1971
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 40th Academy Awards 1967
DGA Lifetime Achievement Award 20th Directors Guild of America Awards 1967
Raven Award 1960 Edgar Awards 1960
Golden Globe Award for Television Achievement (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) 15th Golden Globe Awards 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Directors Guild of America-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (Psycho) 1960 Psycho
Academy Award for Best Director (Psycho) 33rd Academy Awards 1960 Psycho
Directors Guild of America-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (Vertigo) 1958 Studie i brott
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Male Personality Continuing Performance 9th Primetime Emmy Awards 1957
BAFTA Award for Best Film (The Trouble with Harry) 10th British Academy Film Awards 1957 Ugglor i mossen
BAFTA Award for Best Film (Rear Window) 8th British Academy Film Awards 1955 Fönstret åt gården
Academy Award for Best Director (Rear Window) 27th Academy Awards 1954 Fönstret åt gården
Academy Award for Best Director (Spellbound) 18th Academy Awards 1945 Spellbound
Academy Award for Best Director (Lifeboat) 17th Academy Awards 1944 Lifeboat
Academy Award for Best Director (Rebecca) 13th Academy Awards 1940 Rebecca
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Alma Reville(Gifta: 1926-12-02–1980-04-29) 1926-12-02 1980-04-29 Gifta
Child

Pat Hitchcock

Parents

Emma Jane Hitchcock, William Hitchcock

Siblings

William Hitchcock, Eileen Hitchcock

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Height 5' 7" (1,70 m)

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980) was an Anglo-American director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.

Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or "MacGuffins" meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Telegraph, which said: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else." The magazine MovieMaker has described him as the most influential filmmaker of all-time, and he is widely regarded as one of cinema's most significant artists.

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