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My Take
Hitchcock is, for my money, the single most instructive filmmaker to study. What I admire isn't the scares but the patience: he understood that suspense lives in the waiting, in letting the audience know more than the characters and squirm. Over six decades and fifty-plus features he basically wrote the grammar of cinematic tension that everyone still cribs from. The Englishman from Leytonstone earned every honor, from the AFI award to his knighthood. I keep returning to him because his films reward rewatching, you always catch a new piece of his clockwork.
Overview
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Name (Japanese)
- アルフレッド・ヒッチコック
- Reading
- あるふれっど・ひっちこっく
- Born
- August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Leytonstone, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 170 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / film producer / actor / television producer / television director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of London
Awards & achievements
- 1979 AFI Life Achievement Award
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- 1979 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1971 BAFTA Fellowship
- 1960 Edgar Awards
- Officer of Arts and Letters
- Golden Globe Awards
- Silver Shell for Best Director
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | North by Northwest | — | |
| Notable work | The Man Who Knew Too Much | — | |
| Notable work | Foreign Correspondent | — | |
| Notable work | The Lady Vanishes | — | |
| Notable work | The 39 Steps | — | |
| Notable work | Saboteur | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.