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Alfred Hitchcock

Birth name: Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

Birth date: 13.08.1899

Alfred Hitchcock was the son of East End greengrocer William Hitchcock and his wife Emma. Raised as a strict Catholic and attending Saint Ignatius College, a school run by Jesuits, Hitch had very much of a regular upbringing. His first job outside of the family business was in 1915 as an estimator for the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. His interest in movies began at around this time, frequently visiting the cinema and reading US trade journals. In 1920 Hitch learned that Lasky were to open a studio in London and managed to secure a job as a title designer. He designed the titles for all the movies made at the studio for the next two years. In 1923 he got his first chance at directing when the director of Always Tell Your Wife (1923) fell ill and Hitch completed the movie. Impressed by his work, studio chiefs gave him his first directing assignment on Number 13 (1922), however, before it could be finished, the studio closed its British operation. Hitch was then hired by Michael Balcon to work as an assistant director for the company later to be known as Gainsborough Pictures. In reality Hitch did more than this - working as a writer, title designer and art director. After several films for the company, Hitch was given the chance to direct a British/German co-production called The Pleasure Garden (1925). Hitchcock's career as a director finally began. Hitchcock went on to become the most widely known and influential director in the history of world cinema with a significant body of work produced over 50 years.

Filmography

# Family Plot (1976) # Frenzy (1972) # Topaz (1969) # Torn Curtain (1966) # Marnie (1964) # The Birds (1963) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (UK: complete title) # "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1 episode, 1962) - I Saw the Whole Thing (1962) TV Episode # "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (17 episodes, 1955-1961) - Bang! You're Dead (1961) TV Episode - The Horse Player (1961) TV Episode - Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (1960) TV Episode - The Crystal Trench (1959) TV Episode - Arthur (1959) TV Episode (12 more) # Psycho (1960) # "Startime" (1 episode, 1960) ... aka Ford Startime ... aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime - Incident at a Corner (1960) TV Episode # North by Northwest (1959) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (USA: complete title) # Vertigo (1958) ... aka 'Vertigo' (USA: poster title) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (USA: complete title) # "Suspicion" (1 episode, 1957) - Four O'Clock (1957) TV Episode # The Wrong Man (1956) # The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) # The Trouble with Harry (1955) # To Catch a Thief (1955) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (USA: complete title) # Rear Window (1954) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (USA: complete title) # Dial M for Murder (1954) # I Confess (1953) # Strangers on a Train (1951) # Stage Fright (1950) # Under Capricorn (1949) # Rope (1948) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (USA: complete title) # The Paradine Case (1947) # Notorious (1946) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious # Spellbound (1945) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (USA: promotional title) # Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945) (uncredited) # Lifeboat (1944) # Bon Voyage (1944) # Aventure malgache (1944) ... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Aventure malgache ... aka Madagascar Landing # Shadow of a Doubt (1943) # Saboteur (1942) # Suspicion (1941) # Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) # Foreign Correspondent (1940) # Rebecca (1940) # Jamaica Inn (1939) # The Lady Vanishes (1938) # Young and Innocent (1937) ... aka The Girl Was Young (USA) # Sabotage (1936) ... aka A Woman Alone (USA) ... aka I Married a Murderer (USA: reissue title) ... aka Sabotage (USA) ... aka The Hidden Power # Secret Agent (1936) ... aka Laugh Track: Secret Agent (USA: video title (redubbed comic version)) # The 39 Steps (1935) # The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) # Waltzes from Vienna (1934) ... aka Strauss' Great Waltz (USA) # Number Seventeen (1932) ... aka Number 17 (USA) # Rich and Strange (1931) ... aka East of Shanghai (USA) # Mary (1931) # The Skin Game (1931) # Murder! (1930) # Juno and the Paycock (1930) ... aka The Shame of Mary Boyle (USA) # An Elastic Affair (1930) # Elstree Calling (1930) (some sketches) # The Manxman (1929) # Blackmail (1929) # Sound Test for Blackmail (1929) # Champagne (1928) # The Farmer's Wife (1928) # Easy Virtue (1928) # Downhill (1927) ... aka When Boys Leave Home (USA) # The Ring (1927/I) # The Lodger (1927) ... aka The Case of Jonathan Drew ... aka The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog # The Mountain Eagle (1926) ... aka Bergadler, Der (Germany) ... aka Fear o' God (USA) # The Pleasure Garden (1925) ... aka Irrgarten der Leidenschaft (Germany) # Always Tell Your Wife (1923) (uncredited) # Number 13 (1922) (unfinished)