Director Research - Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was born in England on 13th August 1899 and died in America on 29th April 1980. He is often referred to as 'The Master of Suspense' because of his success with the Thriller genre. Hitchcock studied at the London County Council School of Engineering and Navigation in Poplar, London. After graduating, he became a draftsman and advertising designer with a cable company. At the same time, Hitchcock became fascinated in photography which led to him working in film production in London, where he worked as a title-card designer for what today is massive film production company Paramount Pictures. He recieved a full time occupation designing titles for silent films in 1920 at Islington studios. In just five years Hitchcock went from being a title designer to film director and by 1930, he was on of the most appreciated and famous film directors in the United Kingdom.

Alfred Hitchcock's past years and childhood often plays a part and are influenced in many of his films. Several times when he was a child, Hitchcock apparently was sent to the local police station by his father where he would be locked away for 10 minutes. This would have been his punishment for when he behaved badly. The idea of being wrongly accused or treated harshly is represented frequently in many of Alfred's films. Another way in which Hitchcock's childhood influenced his films is the way his mother treated him. She would often make him stand at the foot of her bed addressing her for three hours sometimes. The experiences of Alfred Hitchcock were used for the portrayal of character Norman Bates in one of his most successful and well known films, Psycho which he made in 1960. 

Some of Hitchcock's films consisted of were: