Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock is known by many as one of the best filmmakers by creating suspense in films that fit into the ‘thriller’ genre. Although, he never stated off as a filmmaker. Hitchcock used to work for a cable company before becoming obsessed with photography; he then stated working in film production as a title card designer, this company then became Paramount Pictures. The owner of this offered him a full time role as a title designer in 1920. It took him five more years to become a film director. Even though he was born in England, Hitchcock spent most of his life filmmaking in America, and eventually moved to Hollywood. He was born in Leytonstone, London on the 13th of August 1899. He received his American citizenship in 1956 while also retaining his British citizenship.
Between 1940 and 1976 he made thirty two American/British films. His film career started with ‘Rebecca’ and the career ended with his film ‘Family Plot’, he did have another film planned to come out after this called ‘the short Night’ but due to his health issues it became impossible for him, He died of kidney failure in 1980. During his film career he had made many films that are still being watched and admired to this day. His classic films are ‘Psycho’ and ‘Shadow of a Doubt’.
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