Alfred Hitchcock

Regie, Darsteller, Produzent, Autor, Schnitt

13. August 1899 — 29. April 1980 (80 Jahre)
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.

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  • Bei Anruf Mord
    Bei Anruf Mord1954
  • Berüchtigt
    Berüchtigt1946
  • Die 39 Stufen
    Die 39 Stufen1935
  • Eine Dame verschwindet
    Eine Dame verschwindet1938
  • Der Mann, der zuviel wusste
    Der Mann, der zuviel wusste1934
  • Sabotage
    Sabotage1936
  • Der Mieter
    Der Mieter1927
  • Erpressung
    Erpressung1929
  • Riff-Piraten
    Riff-Piraten1939
  • Jung und unschuldig
    Jung und unschuldig1937
  • Sklavin des Herzens
    Sklavin des Herzens1949
  • Mord - Sir John greift ein!
    Mord - Sir John greift ein!1930
  • Nummer siebzehn
    Nummer siebzehn1932
  • Endlich sind wir reich
    Endlich sind wir reich1931
  • Der Weltmeister
    Der Weltmeister1927
  • Bis aufs Messer
    Bis aufs Messer1931
  • Der Mann von der Insel Man
    Der Mann von der Insel Man1929
  • Abwärts
    Abwärts1927
  • Die Frau des Farmers
    Die Frau des Farmers1928
  • Leichtlebig
    Leichtlebig1928

Bekannt aus

  • Psycho
    Psycho1960
  • Das Fenster zum Hof
    Das Fenster zum Hof1954
  • Vertigo - Aus dem Reich der Toten
    Vertigo - Aus dem Reich der Toten1958
  • Der unsichtbare Dritte
    Der unsichtbare Dritte1959
  • Die Vögel
    Die Vögel1963
  • Bei Anruf Mord
    Bei Anruf Mord1954
  • Rebecca
    Rebecca1940
  • Cocktail für eine Leiche
    Cocktail für eine Leiche1948
  • Verschwörung im Nordexpreß
    Verschwörung im Nordexpreß1951
  • Berüchtigt
    Berüchtigt1946
  • Der Mann, der zuviel wusste
    Der Mann, der zuviel wusste1956
  • Im Schatten des Zweifels
    Im Schatten des Zweifels1943
  • Eine Dame verschwindet
    Eine Dame verschwindet1938
  • Frenzy
    Frenzy1972
  • Marnie
    Marnie1964
  • Verdacht
    Verdacht1941
  • Das Rettungsboot
    Das Rettungsboot1944
  • Alfred Hitchcock präsentiert
    Alfred Hitchcock präsentiert7 Staffeln
  • Der falsche Mann
    Der falsche Mann1956
  • Die 39 Stufen
    Die 39 Stufen1935

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