Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Hitchcock, (13th August 1899 - 29th April 1980) was a film director and producer in England.

The creator of the films; North by Northwest, Psycho, and Birds, liked to be filmed in some scene in his films, you can see him right at the start of North by Northwest.

Many of his thrillers had all sorts of techniques. And he created many films full of suspense as well as psychological thrillers, he was a master at this sub-genre. He thought that "the only was to get rid of my fears is to make films abou them."

Hitchcock said the following quotes:
"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."

"If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on."

"Always make the audience suffer as much as possible."

"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body on the coach."

After achieving the title 'Best British film director'  he moved on to Hollywood.

Hitchcock framed some of his shots to maximise empathy, anxiety and fear.

Many of Hitchcock's films had twists in the end and had the MacGuffin at the end of them, like in the film Birds. The story line of Birds is forgotten half way through as no one in the audience cares that it was a practical joke, we care that the main characters survive.

Alfred Hitchcock liked to put blonde women in his  films. And directed more than 50 feature films.

Alfred Hitchcock had a daughter named Patricia Hitchcock, who became an actress. She is once of the secretaries at the start of Psycho.

Sir Alfred Hitchcock, stated the famous words "Thrillers allow the audience, to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it's like".

Alfred Hitchcock and his daughter Patricia Hitchcock.