Alfred Hitchcock

• Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, London, England, and UK.
• In 1956 he became an American citizen while keeping his British citizenship.
• He is often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker of all time.
• He often described his childhood as being very lonely and sheltered, due to his obesity.
• The idea of being harshly treated or wrongfully accused is frequently reflected in Hitchcock's films.
• By the end of the 1930s, Hitchcock had become one of the most famous filmmakers in England.
• By 1950, Hitchcock had filmed in many areas of the United States.
• One of the most famous movies he made in the US was Vertigo.
• He followed Vertigo with three more successful films. All are also recognized as among his very best films: North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963).
• After completing Psycho, Hitchcock moved to Universal, where he made the rest of his films.
• Hitchcock died from kidney failure in his Bel Air, Los Angeles, California home at the age of 80.
• Hitchcock's body was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Pacific.

Quotes:

“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” – Alfred Hitchcock

“I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.” – Alfred Hitchcock

“Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.” – Alfred Hitchcock

"Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else." – The Telegraph