Alfread Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13th August 1899 in Leytonstone and died on 29th April 1980. He was the second son and youngest of three children of William Hitchcock. He was an English film director and producer. He created many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in Britain, he was later named Britain’s best director. Hitchcock later moved to Hollywood to carry on his directing.

After he moved to Hollywood, he was then recognized with a well known directing technique which he was noticed for. He created a technique that uses the camera and makes it move in a way that mimics a person's gaze. This forces the viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He also framed his shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovation when editing films. Many of Alfred Hitchcock's films have a twist to the endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or "MacGuffins".

Some of Alfred’s films are Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, North by Northwest, Rear window and many more.

In 1924, Hitchcock collaborated with Graham Cutts and he had to go to Germany for this. The film ‘Die Prinzessin und der Geiger’ (‘The Blackguard’) in 1925, was directed by Cutts and was co-written by Hitchcock. This was first produced in the’ Babelsberg Studios’ in Potsdam near Berlin.