Alfred Hitchcock

BORN

August 13, 1899

DIED

April 29, 1980

OCCUPATION

movie director

FAMOUS FOR

Psycho, Rear Window

Facts

Nicknames

Hitch - he didn't like either of his names and preferred people to call him Hitch.

Childhood dog breed

hound

Favorite fairy tales

Hansel and Gretel
Little Red Riding Hood

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Modus operandi

first steps
field work
actors
writers
wardrobe
trivia

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Propaganda movies

What was Hitchcock's precise involvement in WW2 propaganda movies?

year	title	score
1941	Target for Tonight	---
194?	Men of the Lightship '61	---
1943	Forever and a Day	---
1944	Bon Voyage	---
1944	Aventure Malgache	---
1944	Memory of the Camps	---
1944	Watchtower over Tomorrow	---

Move to America

connections in the USA
first attempts
David O. Selznick enters the picture
initial deal
breaking point
final deal

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Personality

agreeableness

50%

conscientiousness

70%

extraversion

35%

neuroticism

50%

openness

80%

reputation

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Galleries

Main gallery

Mosaics

Tippi Hedren issue

how it happened
bird cages on set
Hitchcock's relationships with actresses
what biographical movies bring to the table
issues with Hedren's version

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Locations

Hitchcock lists

10	best Hitchcock villains
10	Hitchcock's favorite movies

Interviews

year	title	interviewer
1959	BBC Radio 4	Roy Plomley
1960	Picture Parade	Robert Robinson
1963	The Birds (Hitchcock/Hedren)	unknown
1964	CBC Telescope	Fletcher Markle
1964	Monitor	Huw Weldon
1964	Marnie	unknown
1966	unknown	unknown
1969	National Film Theatre	Bryan Forbes
1972	Masters of Cinema 1	Pia Lindstrom
1972	Masters of Cinema 2	William Everson
1972	Film Night Frenzy	Sheridan Morley
1972	Dick Cavett Show	Dick Cavett
1973	The Tomorrow Show	Tom Snyder
1976	Family Plot masterclass	Richard Schickel
2012	Guillermo del Toro, Studio Q	Jian