influential figures associated with the thriller genre

1. Influential
figures in the
thriller genre
By Lottie Seaton

2. Influential directors
• Arguably one of the most influential thriller film
directors has to be Alfred Hitchcock as he created
many ways to create tension and suspense among
audiences in many popular thriller film. which
gained him the nickname the master of suspense.
Examples of his most popular films are psycho,
Rebecca and north by northwest among many
others.

3. Influential companies
• Hammer film productions is a British company which
create horror and thriller films. Starting from the 1950s
they are credited as part of the revolution of horror and
thriller films creating films such as the Dracula series and
psychological thrillers taste of fear and nightmare.

4. Influential actors
• One of the most popular actors associated with the genre
of thriller is Sir Anthony Hopkins who is often considered
one of the greatest actors in the thriller genre. One of his
most famous characters was Hannibal Lecter in the
popular thriller film silence of the lambs. He has also
starred in multiple other thriller films.