Alfred Hitchcock was a famous English film director and producer known for developing the psychological thriller and suspense genres. He directed over 50 films spanning six decades. Some of his most famous and influential films include Psycho, The Birds, and Rear Window. Throughout his career, Hitchcock received numerous awards and honors, including the AFI Life Achievement Award. He became a cultural icon known for his cameo appearances in his films and for hosting the television show Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

1. Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
He was raised by strict, Catholic parents, any wrong action he
committed he got punished for it for example, his mother would
force him to stand at the foot OF her bed for several hours as
punishment (a scene alluded to in his film Psycho). This idea of
being harshly treated or wrongfully accused would later be
reflected in Hitchcock's films. He died in 1980.
Legacy
Hitchcock directed more than 50 feature films in a career
spanning six decades. He received the American Film Institute's
Life Achievement Award in 1979.

2. • Alfred Hitchcock was a famous English film producer and director
who is credited with developing the genres of psychological
thrillers and suspense
• The use of camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's
gaze.
• He framed shots to maximise anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used
innovative film editing.
• Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots
featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime.
• Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film
trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he
became a cultural icon.
What is he most famous for?

3. In 1925, Hitchcock directed his first film and began making the "thrillers" for
which he became known the world over. His 1929 film Blackmail is said to be
the first British "talkie." In the 1930s, he directed such classic suspense films as
The Man Who Knew Too Much and The 39 Steps.

4. Awards

5. Alfred Hitchcock career –awards he was given?
Career: In 1939, Hitchcock left England
for Hollywood. The first film he made
there, Rebecca (1940). Some of his most
famous films include Psycho, The Birds
and Marnie. His works became
renowned for their depictions of
violence, although many of his plots
merely function as decoys meant to
serve as a tool for understanding
complex psychological characters.
Hitchcock received the AFI's (American
Film Institute's) Life Achievement Award
in 1979. He had a successful career in
British cinema in both silent films and
early talkies
In 1920, he received a full-time position
at Islington Studios with its American
owner, Famous Players-Lasky, and their
British successor, Gainsborough
Pictures,designing the titles for silent
movies.
Hitchcock was a multiple nominee and winner
of a number of prestigious awards, receiving
two Golden Globes, eight Laurel Awards and
five lifetime achievement awards, as well as
being five times nominated for, albeit never
winning, an Academy Award as Best Director.
His film Rebecca (nominated for 11 Oscars)
won the Academy Award for Best Picture of
1940—particularly notable as another
Hitchcock film, Foreign Correspondent, was
also nominated that same year.
In addition to these, Hitchcock received a
knighthood in 1980 when he was appointed a
Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order
of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth
II in the 1980 New Year Honours.

6. The Birds’
BIRDS became Hitchcock's first — and only — horror/fantasy film.
• Hitchcock’s first film for
Universal Studios,
released 1963
• Introduced a whole new genre of film
based on “revenge of nature”
• involved compositing as
well as wire-work, mechanical and trained
Birds
• No music score - electronic sounds
• Hitchcock uses these in his trailer- which effectively plant these rhetorical Qs into
the viewers mind, increasing their desire to watch on.