Alfred Hitchcock Film director
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United Kingdom
- Born: Aug 13, 1899
- Died: Apr 29, 1980
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director and producer. Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense", he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, renowned as England's best director, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939 and became a US citizen in 1955.
Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognisable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximise anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories often feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime. Many of the mysteries, however, are used as decoys or "MacGuffins" that serve the film's themes and the psychological examinations of the characters.
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
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In feature films the director is God in documentary films God is the director.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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