Sir Alfred Hitchcock was born in London on the 13th of August 1899. He was raised in a very strict roman catholic family by his parents Emma and William hitchcock. It was around the 1920's when hitchcock first got involved in the film industry and went on to be one of the most famous film directors and producers in the film industry billed as England's best director. He was mostly known for his techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
Over a career of more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He maximized the audience anxiety, fear and empathy by the use of frame shots and used innovative film editing.
List of some of hitchcock's films:
- Psycho (1960)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Rear window (1954)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- The wrong man (1956)
- The man who knew too much (1956)
- The lodger (1926)
- Skin game (1931)
- Sabotage (1936)
- Suspicion (1941)
- Frenzy (1972)
Famous quote - "The purpose of a thriller is to put the audiences toe in the cold water of fear to see what its like"
Alfred Hitchcock is one of the first names who comes to mind when talking about auteur theory. His most famous films are Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds and Rear Window.
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