Director Research

Hitchcock- Thriller Director 

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was a British film director and producer, often referred to as "The Master of Suspense" due to his mastery of the suspense thriller genre.In a career spanning six decades he directed over fifty films, many of which are now regarded as classics,     including The 39 Steps of 1935, The Lady Vanishes of 1938, Notorious          of 1946,  Vertigo of 1958 , The Birds of 1963 and Psycho of 1960.

 It was around 1920 when Sir Alfred Hitchcock joined the film industry.Whilst drawing the sets he met Alma Reville his soon to be spouse. It was only after the director of Always Tell Your Wife (1923) became ill, Hitchcock was to continue directing the film, that he and Reville began to collaborate. Hitchcock had his first serious go at directing a film in 1923 when he was hired to direct the film Number 13 (1922). The production was unfortunately unfinished due to the studios closure, however he later remade it as a sound film. He then went on to direct The Pleasure Garden (1925) a British/ German production which was immensely popular. He made his first trademark The Lodger in 1927 in the same year he married Reville . They had one child whom they named Patricia born on July 7th 1928.His success followed when he made multiple films in Britain such as The Lady Vanishes and Jamaica Inn, some of which also gained famed in the States.
In 1940, Hitchcock and his family migrated to Hollywood, where he was hired by David Selznick to direct an adaptation of 'Daphne du Maurier"s Rebecca (1940).  

Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a master of cinema who almost never failed to reconcile aesthetics with the demands of the box office.