Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Born 13 August 1899 · Leytonstone, London, England, UK — died 29 April 1980
Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) was an English director nicknamed the "Master of Suspense". He began in British silent film, then moved to Hollywood in 1939. His psychologically tense thrillers and TV hosting made him a household name. His visual style and storytelling remain hugely influential.
Key films
The 39 Steps (1935)
A British spy thriller that established his formula of an innocent man on the run.
Rebecca (1940)
His first Hollywood film; it won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Rear Window (1954)On Cinespective
A masterclass in voyeurism and suspense, set almost entirely in one apartment.
Vertigo (1958)On Cinespective
A dreamlike study of obsession, now often ranked among the greatest films ever made.
Psycho (1960)On Cinespective
A shocking, groundbreaking thriller that reshaped the horror genre.
Key awards
- 1968 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (Academy Awards)
- 1979 AFI Life Achievement Award
- Five Best Director Oscar nominations, but no win
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 187
- 1923Always Tell Your WifeDirector
- 1925The Pleasure GardenDirector
- 1926The Mountain EagleDirector
- 1927The Lodger: A Story of the London FogDirector
- 1927The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog · as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)Actor
- 1927The RingDirector
- 1927The Ring · as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)Actor
- 1927DownhillDirector
- 1928The Farmer's WifeDirector
- 1928ChampagneDirector
- 1928Easy VirtueDirector
- 1928Easy Virtue · as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)Actor
- 1929BlackmailDirector
- 1929Blackmail · as Man on Subway (uncredited)Actor
- 1929The ManxmanDirector
- 1929Sound Test for Blackmail · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1929Sound Test for BlackmailDirector
- 1930Murder!Director
- 1930Murder! · as Man on Street (uncredited)Actor
- 1930Juno and the PaycockDirector
- 1930Elstree CallingDirector
- 1930An Elastic AffairDirector
- 1931Rich and StrangeDirector
- 1931The Skin GameDirector
- 1931MaryDirector
- 1932Number SeventeenDirector
- 1934The Man Who Knew Too MuchDirector
- 1934The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)Actor
- 1934Waltzes from ViennaDirector
- 1935The 39 Steps · as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)Actor
- 1935The 39 StepsDirector
- 1936Sabotage · as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is RenewedActor
- 1936SabotageDirector
- 1936Secret AgentDirector
- 1937Young and Innocent · as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)Actor
- 1937Young and InnocentDirector
- 1938The Lady Vanishes · as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)Actor
- 1938The Lady VanishesDirector
- 1939Jamaica InnDirector
- 1939Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" Screen TestDirector
- 1939Joan Fontaine Wardrobe TestDirector
- 1940RebeccaDirector
- 1940Rebecca · as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)Actor
- 1940Foreign Correspondent · as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)Actor
- 1940Foreign CorrespondentDirector
- 1941Suspicion · as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)Actor
- 1941SuspicionDirector
- 1941Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Man Passing David on Street (uncredited)Actor
- 1941Mr. & Mrs. SmithDirector
- 1942Saboteur · as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)Actor
- 1942SaboteurDirector
- 1943Shadow of a DoubtDirector
- 1943Shadow of a Doubt · as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Show-Business at War · as SelfActor
- 1944LifeboatDirector
- 1944Bon VoyageDirector
- 1944Aventure MalgacheDirector
- 1944The Fighting GenerationDirector
- 1945SpellboundDirector
- 1945Spellbound · as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)Actor
- 1946NotoriousDirector
- 1946Notorious · as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)Actor
- 1947The Paradine CaseDirector
- 1948RopeDirector
- 1948Rope · as Man Walking in Street (uncredited)Actor
- 1949Under Capricorn · as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)Actor
- 1949Under CapricornDirector
- 1950Stage Fright · as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)Actor
- 1950Stage FrightDirector
- 1951Strangers on a TrainDirector
- 1951Strangers on a Train · as Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)Actor
- 1953I Confess · as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)Actor
- 1953I ConfessDirector
- 1954Rear WindowDirector
- 1954Rear Window · as Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)Actor
- 1954Dial M for Murder · as Banquet Member (uncredited)Actor
- 1954Dial M for MurderDirector
- 1955To Catch a ThiefDirector
- 1955To Catch a Thief · as Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)Actor
- 1955The Trouble with HarryDirector
- 1955The Trouble with Harry · as Passerby (uncredited)Actor
- 1955Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid · as Self - HostActor
- 1956The Man Who Knew Too MuchDirector
- 1956The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)Actor
- 1956The Wrong ManDirector
- 1956The Wrong Man · as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1958Vertigo · as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)Actor
- 1958VertigoDirector
- 1959North by NorthwestDirector
- 1959North by Northwest · as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)Actor
- 1960Psycho · as Man Outside Office (uncredited)Actor
- 1960PsychoDirector
- 1960The Man Who Found the Money · as self (host)Actor
- 1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1961Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The BirdsDirector
- 1961Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The Birds · as Self (voice)Actor
- 1962The Children of Alda Nuova · as self - hostActor
- 1963The Birds · as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)Actor
- 1963The BirdsDirector
- 1963Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock · as SelfActor
- 1964Marnie · as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)Actor
- 1964MarnieDirector
- 1964A Talk with Hitchcock · as SelfActor
- 1966Torn CurtainDirector
- 1966Torn Curtain · as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)Actor
- 1966Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock · as HimselfActor
- 1967Mondo HollywoodActor
- 1968The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1969Topaz · as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)Actor
- 1969TopazDirector
- 1969Hitchcock at the N.F.T. · as SelfActor
- 1972FrenzyDirector
- 1972Frenzy · as Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)Actor
- 1972The Illustrated Hitchcock · as SelfActor
- 1972Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock · as SelfActor
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock · as HimselfActor
- 1976Family PlotDirector
- 1976Family Plot · as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)Actor
- 1984Terror in the Aisles · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1985Memory of the Camps · as Self (uncredited archive footage)Actor
- 1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1988All-Time Movie Greats · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1990Intimate Portrait: Grace KellyActor
- 1992Innocent Blood · as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)Actor
- 1994Hitchcock: Alfred the Great · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1996Ingrid Bergman Remembered · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1996The Universal Story · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Obsessed with VertigoActor
- 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1999Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000All About 'The Birds' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000The Trouble with 'Marnie' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001The Story of 'Frenzy' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001Plotting 'Family Plot' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2002Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Hitchcock and Dial M · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years · as Self (audio archival footage)Actor
- 2005The Making of 'Psycho' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2005Shepperton Babylon · as Himself (Archive)Actor
- 2006The Pervert's Guide to Cinema · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Hitchcocked! · as Self (archive)Actor
- 2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story · as Self (archive)Actor
- 2008In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Hitchcock in the News · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Hollywood sul TevereActor
- 2013What Is Cinema? · as SelfActor
- 2014Night Will Fall · as Self (archive photos)Actor
- 2014Documenting John GriersonActor
- 2015Hitchcock/Truffaut · as SelfActor
- 2017Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017German Concentration Camps Factual Survey · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Actor
- 2018Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock? · as HimselfActor
- 2018Hitch x 4 · as HimselfActor
- 2019Hitchcock Confidential · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019When Hitchcock met O'Casey · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Tales of the Uncanny · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021I Am Alfred Hitchcock · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Her Name Was Grace Kelly · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, LeidenschaftActor
- 2021Normandie ne partira pas ce soir · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Morceaux de Cannes · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film? · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2024Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2026Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home MoviesDirector
- 2026Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.