Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

'If its 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'

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13th August 1899 in Leytonstone and is an English film director. His films were mostly suspense and psychological thrillers. He was known as 'Hitch' or 'The master of Suspense' due to this. 

He was bought up with William Hitchcock, his older brother, and Emma Jane Hitchcock, his older sister, and was raised as a Catholic. When he was 5, he was sent by his father to the police station with a note asking them to lock him away for five minutes to punish him for behaving badly. Being harshly treated and punished is reflected in his films. Hitchcock was rejected in the First World War by the military due to being overweight, having a glandular condition and his fathers death. 

Some of Hitchcock's films are:

Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder, Rope.