Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in August 1899 in Essex. He was the son of Emma Jane (1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and Eileen Hitchcock (born 1892). He was raised as a very strict Catholic and attended Saint Ignatius School which was run by Jesuits. He got his first job outside the family in 1915 and his interest in film started around this time too.
It was around 1920 that he joined the film industry and he began by drawing the sets as he was a very skilled artist. It was only after the director for 'Always Tell Your Wife' (1923) fell ill and Hitchcock was named director to complete the film that he and Alma Reville began to collaborate. His first real solo directing job came in 1922 when he was hired to direct the film 'Number 13' though this project was abandoned (he later made it into a sound film). He directed 'The Pleasure Garden' (1925), a British/German production, which was very popular. Hitchcock made his first trademark film in 1927, 'The Lodger'. He married Alma in December of that same year. They has a daughter in 1928 named Patricia Hitchcock.
His career then became very successful as he made a series of films in Europe including 'The Lady Vanishes' in 1938. On the 29th April 1980, 9:17AM, he died peacefully in his sleep due to renal failure.
Complete Filmography:
- 'Number 13' - 1922 (unfinished)
- 'Always Tell Your WIfe' - 1923 (uncredited short)
- 'The Pleasure Garden' - 1925
- 'The Mountain Eagle' - 1926
- 'The Lodger' - 1927
- 'The Ring' - 1927
- 'Downhill' - 1927
- 'Farmer's Wife' - 1928
- 'Easy Virtue' - 1928
- 'Champagne' - 1928
- 'Manxman' - 1929
- 'Blackmail' - 1929
- 'Elastic Affair' - 1930 (short)
- 'Elstree Calling' - 1930 (some sketches)
- 'Juno and the Paycock' - 1930
- 'Murder!' - 1930
- 'The Skin Game' - 1931
- 'Mary' - 1931
- 'Rich and Strange' - 1931
- 'Number 17' - 1932
- 'Waltzes from Vienna' - 1934
- 'The Man who Knew Too Much' - 1934
- 'The 39 Steps' - 1935
- 'Secret Agent' - 1936
- 'Sabotage' - 1936
- 'Young and Innocent' - 1937
- 'The Lady Vanishes' - 1938
- 'Jamaica Inn' - 1939
- 'Rebecca' - 1940
- 'Foreign Correspondent' - 1940
- 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' - 1941
- 'Suspicion' - 1941
- 'Saboteur' - 1942
- 'Shadow of a Doubt' - 1943
- 'Lifeboat' - 1944
- 'Spellbound' - 1945
- 'Notorious' - 1946
- 'The Paradine Case' - 1947
- 'Rope' - 1948
- 'Under Capricorn' - 1949
- 'Stage Fright' - 1950
- 'Stranger on a Train' - 1951
- 'I confess' - 1953
- 'Dial M for Murder' - 1954
- 'Rear Window' - 1954
- 'To Catch a Thief' - 1955
- 'The Trouble with Harry' - 1955
- 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' - 1956
- 'The Wrong Man' - 1956
- 'Vertigo' - 1958
- 'North by Northwest' - 1959
- 'Psycho' - 1960
- 'The Birds' - 1963
- 'Marnie' - 1964
- 'Torn Curtain' - 1966
- 'Kaleidoscope' - 1967 (abandoned'
- 'Topaz' - 1969
- 'Frenzy' - 1972
- 'Family Plot' - 1976
Reflection & Review (after peer presentation)
Good Points:
- Analysis thorough
- Reference to Auteur theory with technical elements
- Clips to practically apply the theory
Points to Improve:
- Include key screenshots from clips and add annotation
- Include a quote from a auteur theorist
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