Tuesday 26 January 2010

Alfred Hitchcock KBE: Master of Suspense


Sir Alfred Joesph Hitchcock, born August 13th 1899, died April 29th 1980. He was a British director who was known commonly for his work within the thriller genre mainly. He was a man who pioneered many techniques in suspense and psychology thrillers. Hitchcock was known for making more than fifty feature films within his 60 year career. He is still one of the most popular and most recognised filmmakers with most of his work still popular even today.
I am now going to add a list of some of Hitchcock's films that made him so famous.
The Lodger (1926)
The Ring (1927)
Easy Virtue (1927)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Mr & Mrs Smith (1941)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Vertigo (1958)
North By Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
Frenzy (1972)
Family Plot (1976)
There is a list of 13 films that Alfred Hitchcock directed and there was so many more with his first film being shown in 1926 and his last one being made in 1976.

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