Alfred Hitchcock

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born

August 13, 1899 in Leytonstone, London, England, The United Kingdom

died

April 29, 1980

gender

male

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE was an iconic and highly influential film director and producer, who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.

Following a very substantial career in his native Britain in both silent films and talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood and became an American citizen with dual nationality in 1956, thus he also remained a British subject.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career which spanned six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of sound films, and far into the era of colour films. For a complete list of his films, see Alfred Hitchcock filmography.

Hitchcock was among the most consistently recognizable directors to the general public, and was one of the...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 5,292 ratings · 300 reviews · 335 distinct works

	Hitchcock/Truffaut by Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, Francois Truffaut 4.49 avg rating — 1,078 ratings — published 1967 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me by Alfred Hitchcock (Editor), John Wyndham (Contributor), Nugent Barker (Contributor) 3.99 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night 3.96 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1961 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous by Alfred Hitchcock (Editor), Lucille Fletcher (Contributor), Carter Dickson (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1965 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Tales of Terror: 58 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock (Editor), Eleanor J. Sullivan (Editor), Nelson DeMille 3.92 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories to Be Read With the Lights on 4.00 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By 3.96 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Best of Mystery: 63 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense 3.78 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbinders in Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock (Editor), Robert Bloch, Richard Connell 4.05 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night 4.12 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1940 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Alfred Hitchcock

Die drei Fragezeichen (1 book)
by Alfred Hitchcock

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Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

“Ideas come from everything”
― Alfred Hitchcock

tags: ideas , inspiration

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“Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.”
― Alfred Hitchcock

tags: childhood , fairy-tales , fear , wolves

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“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
― Alfred Hitchcock

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