British director, the master of suspense, whose command of point of view, editing and audience anxiety across more than fifty features, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho among them, made him the most studied director in the medium. He is the central exhibit of auteur criticism: a commercial entertainer revealed as a total artist.
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Defining ContributionThe grammar of screen suspense; Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho 2 Classification
AwardAFI Life Achievement Award 1 Connections
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He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1971, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, and was knighted in December of that year, four months before his death on 29 April 1980.
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Wikimedia FoundationWorks Created: Psycho, Infobox, directed byView the Source Rebecca (1940 film) (Wikipedia)
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Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The 39 Steps (1935 film) (Wikipedia)
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The 39 Steps is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.
North by Northwest (Wikipedia)
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North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason.
Rear Window (Wikipedia)
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Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder".
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Wikipedia)
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen and Ivor Novello.
Blackmail (1929 film) - Wikipedia
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Blackmail is a 1929 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, Donald Calthrop and Cyril Ritchard.
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