Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director and producer and was nicknamed nicknamed "The Master of Suspense" because of his work in in the thriller genre. Hitchcock used many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He first had a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies (sound films). In 1939 Hitchcock move to Hollywood to continue his career.

Hitchcock started his career because he was intrigued by photography and he therefore started working for a film production company in London as a title card designer. In 1920 he had a full time position at Isslington studios designing titles for silent movies. After a period of time he became a combination of screenwriter, art director and assistant director on a series of five films.
The first film Hitchcock directed independently was "The Pleasure Garden". Next, Hitchcock directed a drama called "The Mountain Eagle." Hitchcock's first thriller was "The Longer" which was about "Jack The Ripper" and was released in 1927, it was a major success. I 1929 he began working on his tenth film "Blackmail" which became Britain's first talkie (sound film).

When Hitchcock made career in Hollywood, he was Known for his suspense in films. His last ever movie was a spy thriller called "The Short Night" and was made in 1979.

Alfred Hitchcock Films.

Number 13 (1922) (unfinished) Always Tell Your Wife (1923) The Pleasure Garden (1925) The Mountain Eagle (1926) (lost) The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) The Ring (1927) Downhill (1927) The Farmer's Wife (1928) Easy Virtue (1928) Champagne (1928) The Manxman (1929) Blackmail (1929) Juno and the Paycock (1930) Murder! (1930) Elstree Calling (1930) The Skin Game (1931) Mary (1931) Rich and Strange (1931) Number Seventeen (1932) Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) The 39 Steps (1935) Secret Agent (1936) Sabotage (1936) Young and Innocent (1937) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Jamaica Inn (1939) Rebecca (1940) Foreign Correspondent (1940) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) Suspicion (1941) Saboteur (1942) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Lifeboat (1944) Aventure Malgache (1944) Bon Voyage (1944) Spellbound (1945) Notorious (1946) The Paradine Case (1947) Rope (1948)

Under Capricorn (1949) Stage Fright (1950) Strangers on a Train (1951) I Confess (1953) Dial M for Murder (1954) Rear Window (1954) To Catch a Thief (1955) The Trouble with Harry (1955) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) The Wrong Man (1956) Vertigo (1958) North by Northwest (1959) Psycho (1960) The Birds (1963) Marnie (1964) Torn Curtain (1966) Topaz (1969) Frenzy (1972) Family Plot (1976) The Short Night (1979) (canceled)