Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer.
Alfred Hitchcock was the son of East End greengrocer William Hitchcock and his wife, Emma Jane (Whelan). His parents were both of half English and half Irish. He was raised as a strict Catholic and attending Saint Ignatius College, Hitchcock had very much of a regular upbringing as to everyone else. His first job outside of the family business was in 1915 as an estimator for the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. He became interested in movies at around this time, frequently visiting the cinema and reading US trade journals.
In 1920, Hitch learned that Lasky were opening a studio in London and managed to get a secure a job as a title designer. He designed the titles for all the movies made at the studio for the next two years. In 1923, he got his first chance at directing when the director of Always Tell Your Wife (1923) became very ill and Alfred Hitchcock completed the movie. His work was very impressed with what he did with this film so studio chiefs gave him his first directing assignment on Number 13 (1922). However, before it could be finished, the studio closed its British operation. Hitchcock then had to find some new work, and he was then hired by Michael Balcon to work as an assistant director for the company later to be known as Gainsborough Pictures. However, Alfred Hitchcock worked very hard and he did more than this as he worked as a writer, title designer and art director. After several films that he helped for the company, Hitchcock was given the chance to direct a British/German co-production called The Pleasure Garden (1925). Hitchcock's career as a director then began.
Hitchcock went on to become one of the most widely known and influential director in the history of world cinema and produced films for over 50 years.
Psycho was one of the most popular thriller films. It is a 1960 American suspense thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins,Vera Miles ,John Gavin, and Janet Leigh.
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