Who is Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker widely regarded as one of the 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", he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director despite five nominations.

Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copy writer before entering the film industry in 1919...
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Alfred Hitchcock Poems

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Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

• Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
• I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
• Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
• Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
• Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

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• Manuthebest58: when the cast and crew began work on the first day, they had to raise their right hands and promise not to divulge one word of the story. alfred hitchcock also withheld the ending part of the script from his cast until he needed to shoot it. psycho (1960)
• Mesckingofhell: earned 6 psn trophies (1 platinum, 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze) in alfred hitchcock: vertigo
• Martyhsu: blackmail (1929) dir. alfred hitchcock
• Horrorcarnival: alfred hitchcock's the birds by artist laz marquez.
• Whattheshot: alfred hitchcock has directed this movie... does that ring a bell to you? 5 min to answer!

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