Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was born on 13^th August 1899 and died on 29^th April 1980, and since the day he was born he had dreams of becoming a director/producer. Eventually as time went on, he managed to reach his dream and become what he wished. He became an icon within the thriller genre and many film directors used to look at the types of things that he does. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres because those are the sub-genres that he enjoyed the most.

Through his lifetime, he established a successful career in the British cinema in silent films. At the age of 57, Alfred Hitchcock then moved to Hollywood at the age of 57 and became an American citizen whilst still remaining popular in Great Britain. This is when he became even more popular and he became recognisable within the directing industry. He created many different types of camera shots in order to make the audience engages and interested. He also framed shots in order to maximise anxiety, empathy and fear and he used to do this during the process of editing.

In terms of the films, Alfred Hitchcock was successful and he directed up to 59 films. The very first film that he was involved in was in 1922. The film was called No.13. Since then, he helped produce films such as; Rare View, Murder, Secret Agent, Sabotage, North by North West and many more. He was also involved in the big name films such as Vertigo and Psycho. The final film that he was involved in was the Family Plot which was in 1976. He then died 4 years later.

Many people wonder why he is such an iconic director. The truth is because of the things that he has managed to achieve in the past. People know him by the things that he included in the films that he creates and help direct. For example, people know him for his uniqueness in things like the sounds that he uses within his thriller. Also the eye that he usually includes in many of his films make the audience automatically think of Alfred Hitchcock due to the fact that it’s a icon that he often uses. These are reasons as to why many people would class Alfred Hitchcock as an iconic director. Through the iconography of the film, we know that its an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.