2. Full name: Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Born: August 13th 1899, in London, UK
Occupation: Director, Producer, Television
Personality and Screenwriter
Studied at St. Ignatius College, University of London
He studied engineering and was soon working for
Henley's as a draftsman/advertising designer
In 1920, Hitchcock entered the film industry and soon
became an assistant director.
He died in 1982
3. Hitchcock has made many famous films such as
‘Psycho’ , ‘The Birds’ and ‘Marine’
He is famous for his representations of violence and
thriller throughout all his films
But also his understanding of complex psychological
characters
The shower scene from the film Psycho is an iconic
attribute of Hitchcock’s work
4. In 1925, Hitchcock directed his first film ‘Blackmail’
The film was said to be the first talkie in the 1930s.
He began directing other films such as ‘The Man Who
Knew Too Much’ and ‘The 39 Steps’
5. Hitchcock left
England in 1939.
The first film he
made in England
was ‘Rebecca’
Which won him
an Academy
Award for best
picture.He won other
awards such as
an Academy
Fellowship at
the BAFTAs in
1971
He won a Life
Achievement
Award at the
American Film
Institute
He was nominated
at the Oscars for
Best director of
the film ‘Pyscho’
He received
American Film
Institute's
Lifetime
Achievement
Award after his
death
6. Recognition towards Britain and its rapid growth in
the film industry
Hitchcock's individual style and storytelling managed
to grab the attention of many
His original storylines
His success at awards ceremonies
7.
8. The Birds is a 1963 suspense/horror film
directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock,
Screenplay by Evan Hunter
It was based on book ‘The Birds’ by Daphne
Du Maurier
Starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne
Pleshette and Tippi Hedren
The film was distributed by Universal
Pictures
9. The special effects shots of the attacking birds were
done at Walt Disney Studios by animator/technician
Ub Iwerks,
who used the sodium vapour process ("yellow screen")
which he had helped to develop.
Hitchcock decided to do make use of sound effects then
have a musical score
Mixtur-Trautonium was used to create some
of the bird sounds for the film
10. It was nominated for an
Academy Awards for Best
special Effects
The film received a Golden
Globe for New Star of the
Year actress in 1964
Tippi Hedren received a
Photoplay Award for Most
Promising Newcomer.
The film was ranked #1 of
the top ten foreign films
selected by the Bengal Film
Journalists’ Association
Awards
Hitchcock also received the
Associations' Director
Award for the film
The American Film
Institute rated the film as
the seventh greatest thriller
and Bravo awarded the film
96th on their "The 100
Scariest Movie Moments.
