Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock 

Alfred Hitchcock was a British film director and producer. He was the first to use many different techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He was one of the biggest directors in the Thriller film genre. His was first credited in his films as title designer instead of director, he then went on to be art director and then finally he was credited as a director in the 1920's. His first film he was credited as director was 'No.13'. He then went on to film lots more films, he began to shape what the modern day thriller is now with his beginning films such as his early silent film 'The Lodger'. His next film was 'Blackmail' his first sound film.

In the 1940's he then peaked at Hollywood and moved to America. Hitchcock's fondness for his homeland resulted in numerous American films set in, or filmed in, the United Kingdom, including his penultimate film, Frenzy. In the 1940's Hitchcock made a wide rage of films including a romantic comedy 'Mr & Mrs Smith'. In the 1950's, Hitchcock filmed Stage Fright on location in the UK. For the first time, Hitchcock matched one of Warner Bros.' biggest stars, Jane Wyman, with the sultry German actress Marlene Dietrich. Hitchcock liked to use British actors so used a number of prominent British actors, including Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, and Alastair Sim. This was Hitchcock's first production for Warner Bros., which had distributed Rope and Under Capricorn, because Transatlantic Pictures was experiencing financial difficulties.

Near the end of his life, Hitchcock had worked on the script for a projected spy thriller, The Short Night, collaborating with screenwriters James Costigan and Ernest Lehman. Despite some preliminary work, the story was never filmed. This was because primarily to Hitchcock's own failing health and his concerns over the health of his wife, Alma, who had suffered from a stroke. The script was eventually published posthumously, in a book on Hitchcock's last years.
Hitchcock died in his Bel Air home of renal failure at 9:17 AM on 29 April 1980. He was survived by his wife and their daughter. Hitchcock's funeral service was held at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills, after which his body was cremated and his cremains were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.


List of Hitchcock's film credits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_filmography