Alfred Hitchcock

Director, Actor, Productor, Escritor, Editor

13 de agosto de 1899 — 29 de abril de 1980 (80 años)
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.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Crimen perfecto
    Crimen perfecto1954
  • Encadenados
    Encadenados1946
  • 39 escalones
    39 escalones1935
  • Alarma en el expreso
    Alarma en el expreso1938
  • El hombre que sabía demasiado
    El hombre que sabía demasiado1934
  • Sabotaje
    Sabotaje1936
  • El enemigo de las rubias
    El enemigo de las rubias1927
  • Chantaje
    Chantaje1929
  • Posada Jamaica
    Posada Jamaica1939
  • Inocencia y juventud
    Inocencia y juventud1937
  • Atormentada
    Atormentada1949
  • Asesinato
    Asesinato1930
  • El número 17
    El número 171932
  • Ricos y extraños
    Ricos y extraños1931
  • El ring
    El ring1927
  • Juego sucio
    Juego sucio1931
  • El hombre de la isla de Man
    El hombre de la isla de Man1929
  • Declive
    Declive1927
  • La mujer del granjero
    La mujer del granjero1928
  • Easy Virtue (Vida alegre)
    Easy Virtue (Vida alegre)1928

Conocido por

  • Psicosis
    Psicosis1960
  • La ventana indiscreta
    La ventana indiscreta1954
  • Vértigo (De entre los muertos)
    Vértigo (De entre los muertos)1958
  • Con la muerte en los talones
    Con la muerte en los talones1959
  • Los pájaros
    Los pájaros1963
  • Crimen perfecto
    Crimen perfecto1954
  • Rebeca
    Rebeca1940
  • La soga
    La soga1948
  • Extraños en un tren
    Extraños en un tren1951
  • Encadenados
    Encadenados1946
  • El hombre que sabía demasiado
    El hombre que sabía demasiado1956
  • La sombra de una duda
    La sombra de una duda1943
  • Alarma en el expreso
    Alarma en el expreso1938
  • Frenesí
    Frenesí1972
  • Marnie, la ladrona
    Marnie, la ladrona1964
  • Sospecha
    Sospecha1941
  • Náufragos
    Náufragos1944
  • Alfred Hitchcock presenta
    Alfred Hitchcock presenta7 seasons
  • Falso culpable
    Falso culpable1956
  • 39 escalones
    39 escalones1935

Filmography