'''Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock''' (13 August 1899–29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer, a master of the suspense thriller genre. He began directing in the United Kingdom before working mostly in the United States from 1939 onwards, taking out dual citizenship in 1956. The "Master of Suspense" and his family lived in a mountaintop estate high above Scotts Valley, California, for 32 years, from 1940 to 1972. He directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of talkies, to the color era. Hitchcock remains one of the best known and most popular directors of all time, famous for his expert and largely unrivaled control of pace and suspense throughout his movies.
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Until the later part of his career, Hitchcock was far more popular with film audiences than with [[film critics]], especially the elite British and American critics. In the late 1950s the [[French New Wave]] critics, especially [[Éric Rohmer]], [[Claude Chabrol]], and [[François Truffaut]], were among the first to see and promote his films as artistic masterworks. Hitchcock was one of the first directors to whom they applied their [[auteur theory]], which stresses the artistic authority of the director in the film-making process. Through his fame, public persona, high degree of creative control and frequent return to favored themes, Hitchcock transformed the role of the director, which had previously been eclipsed by that of the producer. He is seen today as a director who managed to combine art and entertainment in a way very few have ever matched. His innovations and vision have influenced a great number of filmmakers, producers, and [[actor]]sactors.
==Biography==
*''[[Family Plot]]'' (1976)
== Quotes ==* "Good evening" the quote he's remembered most for saying* Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs. [http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2439]* Actors are cattle.[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfredhitc160956.html]* I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfredhitc102099.html]* Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfredhitc116854.html]* There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. [http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3316]* When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfredhitc100823.html]* If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfredhitc141870.html]* A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfredhitc131108.html]* The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfredhitc104553.html]==See also==*[[Unproduced Hitchcock Projects]]*[[List of film collaborations]]*''[[High Anxiety]]'' — a comedy spoof that parodies many Hitchcock devices ==Further reading==* [[François Truffaut|Truffaut, François]]: ''Hitchcock''. Simon and Schuster, 1985. A series of interviews of Hitchcock by the influential French director. This is an important source, but some have criticised Truffaut for taking an uncritical stance.* Leitch, Thomas: ''The Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock''. Checkmark Books, 2002. An excellent single-volume encyclopedia of all things Hitchcock.* DeRosa, Steven: ''Writing with Hitchcock''. Faber and Faber, 2001. An examination of the collaboration between Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes, his most frequent writing collaborator in Hollywood. Their films include ''Rear Window'' and ''The Man Who Knew Too Much''.* Deutelbaum, Marshall; Poague, Leland (ed.): ''A Hitchcock Reader''. Iowa State University Press, 1986. A wide-ranging collection of scholarly essays on Hitchcock.* Spoto, Donald: ''The Art of Alfred Hitchcock''. Anchor Books, 1992. The first detailed critical survey of Hitchcock's work by an American.* Spoto, Donald: ''The Dark Side of Genius''. Ballantine Books, 1983. A biography of Hitchcock, featuring a controversial exploration of Hitchcock's psychology.* Gottlieb, Sidney: ''Alfred Hitchcock: Interviews''. University Press of Mississippi, 2003. A collection of Hitchcock interviews.* Conrad, Peter: ''The Hitchcock Murders''. Faber and Faber, 2000. A highly personal and idiosyncratic discussion of Hitchcock's oeuvre.* Rebello, Stephen: ''Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of [[Psycho]]''. St. Martin's, 1990. Intimately researched and detailed history of the making of ''Psycho,'' praised as one of the best books on moviemaking ever. <!--- Doesn't this properly belong at the Psycho article, not here? --->* McGilligan, Patrick: ''Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light''. Regan Books, 2003. A comprehensive biography of the director.* Modleski, Tania: ''The Women Who Knew Too Much: Hitchcock And Feminist Theory''. Routledge, 2005 (2nd edition). A collection of critical essays on Hitchcock and his films, argues that Hitchcock's portrayal of women was an ambivalent one, not misogynist nor sympathetic (as widely thought). An important text to consider, given the abundance of female heroes and victims in his films.* Wood, Robin: ''Hitchcock's Films Revisited''. Columbia University Press, 2002 (2nd edition). Another collection of critical essays, now revisited by the author in this 2nd edition to supplement and annotate the highly-lauded entries from before with the additional insight and changes that time and personal experience has brought him (including his own coming-out as a gay man). ==External links=={{wikiquote}}* {{imdb name|id=0000033|name=Alfred Hitchcock}}* [http://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/interviews/alfred_hitchcock_02.htm Hitchcock's article 'Why I Make Melodramas' from 1936]* [http://hitchcock.tv Alfred Hitchcock -- The Master of Suspense]* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/05/hitchcock.html Senses of Cinema's "Great Directors" Alfred Hitchcock feature]* [httpCategory://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/hitch/tour1.html ''Hitchcock's Style''] -- online exhibit from [[screenonline]], a website of the [[British Film Institute]]* [http://alfredhitchcock.directorscut.info/ Multi-Language Website] * [http://www.hitchcockpresentsdvd.com/ Official Universal Website]* [http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/search.asp?q=hitchcock Hitchcock at the SoundtrackINFO project]* [http://warnervideo.com/hitchcock/home.html Warner Video: Alfred Hitchcock]* [http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin/ The MacGuffin Web Page] - the online extension of the Alfred Hitchcock journal ''The MacGuffin''* [http://www.writingwithhitchcock.com/ Writing With Hitchcock] - Companion site to Steven DeRosa's book of the same name, includes original interviews, essays, script excerpts, and extensive material on Hitchcock's unproduced works.* [http://www.daveyp.com/hitchcock/ The Hitchcock DVD Information Site] - details of Hitchcock DVD releases from around the world* [http://tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=133&format=movie&theme=guide The Man Who Knew Too Much] - Watch the movie online for free* [http://www.borgus.com/think/hitch.htm Basic Hitchcock Film Techniques] A checklist of his top 13 film techniques.*[http://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/interviews/alfred_hitchcock.htm In-depth interview with Hitchcock from 1963] [[Category:1899 births|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:1980 deaths|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:British film directors|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:British film producers|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:British television directors|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:English Americans|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:Knights Commander of the British Empire|Hitchcock, Alfred]][[Category:Londoners|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:Old Ignatians|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]][[Category:Roman Catholic entertainers|Hitchcock, Sir Alfred]]
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