Alfred Hitchcock

Instruktør, Skuespiller, Producer, Forfatter, Filmklipper

13. august 1899 — 29. april 1980 (80 år)
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in cinema history. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, cameo appearances in most of his films, and hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins. However, despite five nominations, he never won the  Best Director award.

Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. The British–German silent film The Pleasure Garden (1925) was his directorial debut. His first successful film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, and Blackmail (1929) was the first British "talkie". His thrillers The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20th century. By 1939, he had international recognition and producer David O. Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood. A string of successful films followed, including Rebecca(1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Notorious (1946). Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Hitchcock nominated as Best Director. He also received Oscar nominations for Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960).

Hitchcock's other notable films include Rope (1948), Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964) and Frenzy (1972), all of which were also financially successful and are highly regarded by film historians. Hitchcock made several films with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including four with Cary Grant, four with James Stewart, three with Ingrid Bergman and three consecutively with Grace Kelly. Hitchcock became an American citizen in 1955.

In 2012, Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring Stewart, displaced Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) as the British Film Institute's greatest film ever made based on its worldwide poll of hundreds of film critics. As of 2021, nine of his films had been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, including his favourite, Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1971, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, and was knighted in December of that year, four months before his death on 29 April 1980.

Film og serier på Plex

  • Telefonen Ringer Kl. 23
    Telefonen Ringer Kl. 231954
  • Berygtet
    Berygtet1946
  • De 39 trin
    De 39 trin1935
  • En kvinde forsvinder
    En kvinde forsvinder1938
  • Manden Der Vidste For Meget
    Manden Der Vidste For Meget1934
  • Sabotage
    Sabotage1936
  • London-Mysteriet
    London-Mysteriet1927
  • Pengeafpresning
    Pengeafpresning1929
  • Jamaica-kroen
    Jamaica-kroen1939
  • Ung og uskyldig
    Ung og uskyldig1937
  • Lady Henrietta
    Lady Henrietta1949
  • Murder!
    Murder!1930
  • Midnatsbanden
    Midnatsbanden1932
  • Rig og Mærkværdig
    Rig og Mærkværdig1931
  • Ringen
    Ringen1927
  • The Skin Game
    The Skin Game1931
  • Manboen
    Manboen1929
  • Downhill
    Downhill1927
  • The Farmer's Wife
    The Farmer's Wife1928
  • Easy Virtue
    Easy Virtue1928

Kendt for

  • Psycho
    Psycho1960
  • Skjulte øjne
    Skjulte øjne1954
  • En kvinde skygges
    En kvinde skygges1958
  • Menneskejagt
    Menneskejagt1959
  • Fuglene
    Fuglene1963
  • Telefonen Ringer Kl. 23
    Telefonen Ringer Kl. 231954
  • Rebecca
    Rebecca1940
  • Rebet
    Rebet1948
  • Farligt møde
    Farligt møde1951
  • Berygtet
    Berygtet1946
  • Manden, der vidste for meget
    Manden, der vidste for meget1956
  • I tvivlens skygge
    I tvivlens skygge1943
  • En kvinde forsvinder
    En kvinde forsvinder1938
  • Vildt Raseri
    Vildt Raseri1972
  • Marnie
    Marnie1964
  • Mistanken
    Mistanken1941
  • Redningsbåden
    Redningsbåden1944
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents7 sæsoner
  • Den forkerte mand
    Den forkerte mand1956
  • De 39 trin
    De 39 trin1935

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