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Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. 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, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). Among other accolades, his films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations.
entertainment · English filmmaker (1899–1980) · also Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, The Master of Suspense, Master of Suspense, Alfred J. Hitchcock, Sir Alfred J. Hitchcock
Born 13 August 1899 · Died 29 April 1980 · Q7374
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s impacted: an actress (Lana Turner), a writer (Dick Powell) and a director (Barry Sullivan). Insightful and liberally sprinkled with characters modeled after various Hollywood royalty from David O. Selznick to Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, witty, with one of Turner
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“Maybe it took her move to London before she was introduced to the right people?”
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“s impacted: an actress (Lana Turner), a writer (Dick Powell) and a director (Barry Sullivan). Insightful and liberally sprinkled with characters modeled after various Hollywood royalty from David O. Selznick to Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, witty, with one of Turner”
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“actors should be treated like cattle”
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“[Selznick] was the Big Producer. ... Producer was king. The most flattering thing Mr. Selznick ever said about me—and it shows you the amount of control—he said I was the”
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“You have to clearly spell it out in big letters:”
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“In truth, you might almost say that The Lodger was my first picture.”
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“usually among the four or five at the top of the class”
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bolavip.com: Celebrating Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday and His Greatest Cinematic Masterpieces
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slobodenpecat.mk: He was afraid of the police, but he made films that the whole world feared — on this day, the film genius Alfred Hitchcock was born.
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aBaNDoMoVieZ: Alfred Hitchcock: 7 películas imprescindibles del maestro del suspense
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El Peruano: Alfred Hitchcock: 10 películas para conocer su obra
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Cambridge Day: Happy birthday, Mr. Hitchcock and happy anniversary, Valentino
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laverdad.com.mx: Alfred Hitchcock: el legado del maestro del suspense
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inkl: Quote of the day by Alfred Hitchcock, 'There is…
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AOL.com: This day in history: Happy heavenly birthday, Alfred Hitchcock!
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La Tercera: Un maestro insuperable: las cinco mejores películas de Alfred Hitchcock (y dónde verlas)
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The Indian Express: Surprising facts about Alfred Hitchcock you never knew
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Radio Mitre: Alfred Hitchcock, cineasta: "Cuando pensamos que alguien nos lastimó, creamos defensas para protegernos de ser lastimados en el futuro. Entonces, el pasado aterrador causa un futuro aterrador y el pasado y el futuro se vuelven uno"
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Plano Informativo: Alfred Hitchcock: el maestro del suspense y el thriller psicológico
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WBUR: 5 things to do this weekend, including the annual Fisherman's Feast and Alfred Hitchcock's birthday
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Mshale: Quentin Tarantino Doesn't Like Alfred Hitchcock - 2 Bears, 1 Cave Highlight Euston Station (TGKFpyQolk)
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Open Culture: How the Bird Sound Effects in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Were Created with a Pioneering Electronic Instrument, the Trautonium
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Filmaffinity: Créditos completos de Alfred Hitchcock presenta: The Morning After (TV)
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QueVer: Para ver hoy gratis: el clásico romántico de Alfred Hitchcock que nadie debería perderse
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Alfred Hitchcock - Film Master, Suspense, Thriller
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window, North by Northwest, Master of Suspense
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Mshale: Alfred Hitchcock/Ant Law/Conor Chaplin/Jeff Ballard @ Loft Cologne 2022 Carlos Augusto (RLVkJb7HeT)
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Medium: Review: ‘Saboteur’ — An Underrated Hitchcock Thriller | by Reece Beckett | Counter Arts | Aug, 2026
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Napolike.com: Hitchcock tonight on La7 Cinema: the biopic Psycho starring Anthony Hopkins
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Describing Hedren's performance as "one of the greatest in the history of cinema", Richard Brody called the film a "story of sexual violence" inflicted on the character played by Hedren: "The film is, to put it simply, s
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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 world-wide poll of hundreds of film critics
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Hitchcock was selected by artist Sir Peter Blake, author of the Beatles' Sgt
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Snopes rated the claim “An episode of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' was suppressed for being "too horrifying."” True.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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Total Film ranked Hitchcock at No
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MovieMaker named him the most influential director of all time, and a 2007 The Daily Telegraph critics' poll ranked him Britain's greatest director
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Hitchcock was ranked second in the critics' top ten poll and fifth in the directors' top ten poll in the list of "The Greatest Directors of All Time" compiled by Sight & Sound
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A series of 17 mosaics of Hitchcock's life and work, which are located in Leytonstone tube station in the London Underground, was commissioned by the London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Entertainment Weekly ranked Hitchcock at No
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The Sight & Sound Critics' Poll ranked Hitchcock at No
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Pat Hitchcock donated her father's papers to the academy's Margaret Herrick Library
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Reville became her husband's closest collaborator; Charles Champlin wrote in 1982: "The Hitchcock touch had four hands, and two were Alma's." When Hitchcock accepted the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, he said that he wanted to mention "four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation and encouragement, and constant collaboration.
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Died 1980-04-29.
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“Detektyw stawia diagnozę. Jego praca polega na studiowaniu zmarszczek na powierzchni wody i odnajdywaniu kamienia, który ją zmącił na podjęciu nieuchwytnej barwnej nici, szokującej nas w tkaninie.”
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“Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.”
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“Film wtedy jest dobry, gdy jest wart pieniędzy za kolację w restauracji, dwa bilety do kina i opiekunkę do dziecka.”
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“Deep inside, I am a shy man. And in the presence of colorful characters, I am a clam. I never try to out-eccentric the eccentricsǃ”
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“Dramat filmowy jest to kawałek życia, z którego wycięto nudne partie.”
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“Diana i Bazyl żyli długo i szczęśliwie – nie pobrali się.”
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“In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.”
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“I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them. (ang.)”
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“Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.”
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“(…) diabeł jest w każdym z nas.”
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“Jestem gotów dostarczyć publiczności całkowicie zdrowych wstrząsów emocjonalnych. Nasza cywilizacja stała się do tego stopnia opiekuńcza i troskliwa, iż nie mamy już możności odczuwać instynktownych dreszczy lęku. Tymczasem ażeby ocknąć się z odrętwienia i zapobiec bezwładowi, można jeszcze wywoływać owe dreszcze sztucznie. Film wydaje mi się właśnie najlepszym środkiem do tego celu.”
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“There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
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“Film to życie, z którego wymazano plamy nudy.”
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“I’m not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.”
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“Never turn your back on a friend.”
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“The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.”
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“Film jest zły wtedy, jeśli ktokolwiek z publiczności chociaż na chwilę może odwrócić oczy od ekranu.”
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“Moją piętą achillesową jest pamięć o pieniądzach, za które jestem odpowiedzialny.”
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“Gdybym zrobił musical, cała publiczność czekałaby, kiedy jedna z tancerek padnie w końcu trupem.”
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“Interesuję się a priori bardzo mało historią, którą opowiadam, interesuje mnie wyłącznie sposób opowiadania, tylko to mnie pociąga.”
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“Actors are cattle. I've always said actors are cattle. In fact, Carole Lombard once built a corral on set and put three live calves into it, in recognition of my feelings. I tell them that, and treat them as such, and we get along fineǃ”
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“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. (ang.)”
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“Blondynki najlepiej nadają się na ofiary. Są jak śnieg, na którym znać krwawe ślady stóp.”
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“Kocham makabrę w pełnym blasku słońca.”
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“Zbrodnia nie popłaca nawet w telewizji. Trzeba mieć sponsora.”
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“Moim najlepszym sposobem na radzenie sobie z jakimś lękiem jest nakręcenie filmu o nim.”
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“Filmuj morderstwa tak jak sceny miłosne, a sceny miłosne – tak jak morderstwa.”
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“Nie jestem bynajmniej realistą. Pociąga mnie fantastyka. Widzę rzeczy szerzej niż w życiu.”
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“One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.”
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“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
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“four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter, Pat, and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are Alma Reville.”
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Said that he wanted to mention "four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation and encouragement, and constant collaboration
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John Russell Taylor described him as "the most universally recognizable person in the world" and "a straightforward middle-class Englishman who just happened to be an artistic genius"
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Laura Mulvey introduced the idea of the male gaze; the view of the spectator in Hitchcock's films, she argued, is that of the heterosexual male protagonist
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And, in 1979, an AFI Life Achievement Award
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The AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, and was knighted in December of that year, four months before his death on 29 April 1980
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Which Truffaut nicknamed the "Hitchbook"
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Told François Truffaut that he had studied "mechanics, electricity, acoustics, and navigation"
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And NBC broadcast the final episode on 10 May 1965
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“mechanics, electricity, acoustics, and navigation”
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Hitchcock was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1980 New Year Honours
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HSD Publications also licensed the director's name to create Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, a monthly digest specialising in crime and detective fiction
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Hitchcock became a United States citizen
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From the British War Office film vaults to London's Imperial War Museum and remained unreleased until 1985, when an edited version was broadcast as an episode of PBS Frontline, under the title the Imperial War Museum had
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“s screenplay, to RKO Radio Pictures as a”
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Was to take his diet seriously with the help of a physician
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Wrote a mystery story for Look, "The Murder of Monty Woolley", a sequence of captioned photographs inviting the reader to find clues to the murderer's identity; Hitchcock cast the performers as themselves, such as Woo
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That Hitchcock portrayed motherly figures as "notorious monster-mothers"
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It was inspired by the rapidly changing events in Europe, as covered by an American newspaper reporter played by Joel McCrea
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Hitchcock signed a multi-film contract with Gaumont-British, once again working for Michael Balcon
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In 1928, when they learned that Reville was pregnant, the Hitchcocks purchased "Winter's Grace", a Tudor farmhouse set in eleven acres on Stroud Lane, Shamley Green, Surrey, for £2,500.
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When they learned that Reville was pregnant, the Hitchcocks purchased "Winter's Grace", a Tudor farmhouse set in eleven acres on Stroud Lane, Shamley Green, Surrey, for £2,500
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Reville, who was born just hours after Hitchcock, converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, apparently at the insistence of Hitchcock's mother; she was baptised on 31 May 1927 and confirmed at Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Francis Bourne on 5 June.
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On 2 December 1926, Hitchcock married the English screenwriter Alma Reville at the Brompton Oratory in South Kensington.
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Hitchcock was hired as an assistant director by a new firm run in the same location by Michael Balcon, later known as Gainsborough Pictures
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Began working for Islington Studios in Poole Street, Hoxton, as a title-card designer
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Received a C3 classification ("free from serious organic disease, able to stand service conditions in garrisons at home
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Born 1899-08-13.
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