Alfred Hitchcock
Birth Name:
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Birth Place:
London, United Kingdom
Profession
Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Art director, Assistant director, Soundtrack, Editor, Production designer, Set decorator, Editorial department
Fast Facts
- Won the 1971 Academy Fellowship Award at the BAFTA Awards
- Won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1968 from the Directors Guild of America
- Appeared on the cover of "Life Magazine" on February 1, 1963
- Appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1980
- Won the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 1979
- Worked as a draftsman and advertising designer, a cadet regiment of the Royal Engineers and a title card designer for the London branch of the future Paramount Pictures
- Quote: "When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script․' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary․'"
- Quote: "To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script․"
- Known for his dark humor, dry wit and slow way of speaking
- Often made cameo appearances in the films he directed
- Was a pioneer in the genres of suspense films and psychological thrillers, creating many techniques that later filmmakers would adopt, such as alternating between different shots to increase suspense
- Had a phobia of eggs, finding both their unbroken white surface and their yolks revolting
- Would play practical jokes on his cast and crew, usually discovering someone's phobia and sending that person a box filled with what they were most frightened of, such as mice or spiders
Awards
- 1935NYFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1938NYFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1941Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1945Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1946Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1946Grand Prize of the Festival - Feature Film:Nominated
- 1947Grand International AwardNominated
- 1948Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1950MentionWinner
- 1952DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1953Grand Prize of the FestivalNominated
- 1954NYFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1954Golden LionNominated
- 1955Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1955Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1955DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1955DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1955Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
- 1956Palme d'OrNominated
- 1956Primetime Emmy - Best Director - Film Series:Nominated
- 1957Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1957DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1957DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1958Golden Globe - Television Achievement:Winner
- 1958Silver SeashellWinner
- 1959Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1959DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1959Primetime Emmy - Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour:Nominated
- 1959Silver SeashellWinner
- 1960Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1960DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1961Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1961DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1963Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1964Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1966Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1970NBR Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1973Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2008Jules Verne Légendaire AwardWinner
- 2010The Greatest Films of All Time - Horror:Winner
- 2014People's Choice Award - Best Documentary:Nominated