Alfred Hitchcock

Who is Alfred Hitchcock?Alfred Hitchcock was raised by strict, catholic parents. Any wrong action he committed he got punished for it for example, his mother would force him to stand at the foot of her bed for several hours as punishment (a scene alluded to in his film Psycho). This idea of being harshly treated or wrongfully accused would later be reflected in Hitchcock's films. He died in 1980.

• Alfred Hitchcock was a famous English film producer and director who is credited with developing the genres of psychological thrillers and suspense

• The use of camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze.

• He framed shots to maximise anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing.

• Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime.

• Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon.

What is he most famous for?

In 1925, Hitchcock directed his first film and began making the "thrillers" for which he became known the world over. His 1929 film Blackmail is said to be the first British "talkie." In the 1930s, he directed such classic suspense films as The Man Who Knew Too Much and The 39 Steps.

Alfred Hitchcock career –awards he was given?

Career: In 1939, Hitchcock left England for Hollywood. The first film he made there, Rebecca (1940). Some of his most famous films include Psycho, The Birds and Marnie. His works became renowned for their depictions of violence, although many of his plots merely function as decoys meant to serve as a tool for understanding complex psychological characters.

Hitchcock received the AFI's (American Film Institute's) Life Achievement Award in 1979. He had a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies

Hitchcock was a multiple nominee and winner of a number of prestigious awards, receiving two Golden Globes, eight Laurel Awards and five lifetime achievement awards, as well as being five times nominated for, albeit never winning, an Academy Award as Best Director. His film Rebecca (nominated for 11 Oscars) won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1940—particularly notable as another Hitchcock film, Foreign Correspondent, was also nominated that same year.

In addition to these, Hitchcock received a knighthood in 1980 when he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 1980 New Year Honours.

Awards

‘The Birds’BIRDS became Hitchcock's first — and only — horror/fantasy film. • Hitchcock’s first film forUniversal Studios,released 1963• Introduced a whole new genre of filmbased on “revenge of nature”• involved compositing aswell as wire-work, mechanical and trainedBirds• No music score - electronic sounds• Hitchcock uses these in his trailer- which effectively plant these

rhetorical Qs into the viewers mind, increasing their desire to watch on.