---
name: "Alfred Hitchcock"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock"
fi1m_id: "alfred-hitchcock"
imdb_id: "nm0000033"
tmdb_id: 2636
wikidata_id: "Q7374"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "13 August 1899"
died: "29 April 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 21
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "director"
average_over: 21
updated: "2026-09-26T17:35:59.992265+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alfred Hitchcock

## Identity

Alfred Hitchcock

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alfred-hitchcock
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000033
- **TMDB ID:** 2636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7374
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2636

Director and producer. Born 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK. Died 29 April 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 13 August 1899, Leytonstone, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 29 April 1980
- **Active:** 1929–1972
- **Also known as:** The Master of Suspense, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Hitchcock
- **Frequently works with:** [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md), [Cary Grant](https://film.one/person/cary-grant.md), [Joan Harrison](https://film.one/person/joan-harrison.md), [Leo G. Carroll](https://film.one/person/leo-g-carroll.md), [Alma Reville](https://film.one/person/alma-reville.md), [Angus MacPhail](https://film.one/person/angus-macphail.md), [Ben Hecht](https://film.one/person/ben-hecht.md), [Cedric Hardwicke](https://film.one/person/cedric-hardwicke.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 21 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 74 (1), 1930s 84 (3), 1940s 79 (7), 1950s 85 (7), 1960s 81 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 77 across 19 titles
- **Score spread:** 13 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Thriller 20, Mystery 13, Drama 10, Crime 9, Romance 6, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 38 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $188m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2636

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*North by Northwest*](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md) (89), [*Strangers on a Train*](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md) (86), [*Dial M for Murder*](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md) (80), [*Blackmail*](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md) (74)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Lady Vanishes*](https://film.one/film/the-lady-vanishes.md) (88), [*The 39 Steps*](https://film.one/film/the-39-steps.md) (88), [*The Wrong Man*](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md) (83), [*Sabotage*](https://film.one/film/sabotage.md) (77)
- **AMC+:** [*Psycho*](https://film.one/film/psycho.md) (90)
- **Peacock:** [*The Birds*](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md) (86)
- **Hulu:** [*Foreign Correspondent*](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Alfred Hitchcock

> Alfred Hitchcock makes us enjoy watching strangers, then question why we cannot stop. *Rear Window* and *Vertigo* remain our strongest reasons to recommend him: patient thrillers that make curiosity and longing uncomfortable.

James Stewart’s Jefferies looks across the courtyard in *Rear Window* (1954), and we begin checking the neighbours with him. Hitchcock gives us time to notice things before deciding what they mean. Stewart and Grace Kelly keep the film warm enough that this does not become a lecture on bad behaviour. Some neighbours are too neatly reduced to little stories, but the fixed view never becomes tiresome.

*The Lodger* (1927) established the wrongly suspected man as a recurring concern; *Rebecca* (1940) began his Hollywood work. Experimentation continued with *Rope* (1948), before the sustained run of the 1950s and early 1960s, including *North by Northwest* (1959) and *Psycho* (1960). Across that work, viewpoint and the timing of a cut matter more than anyone explaining the danger. Yet the two films we return to most readily concern people who choose to keep looking.

His regular collaborators included cinematographer Robert Burks and writer Alma Reville. Sound matters as much as framing in *Rear Window*: Franz Waxman’s music makes room for the natural sounds of the courtyard. We listen for clues rather than wait for the score to tell us when to worry. Those sounds help the separate households feel as though they share a real, occupied space.

In *Vertigo* (1958), following someone becomes harder to excuse. Stewart’s detective, Scottie Ferguson, follows Kim Novak’s Madeleine Elster through San Francisco, and Hitchcock lets the fascination develop without much dialogue. We felt uneasy at how readily we accepted the pursuit, because Stewart makes Scottie’s longing recognisable before we have reason to trust it. Bernard Herrmann’s music gives the slow journeys emotional urgency without a conversation arriving to explain the feeling.

The far-fetched mystery in *Vertigo* is a real weakness, and some of its journeys drag. We would still resist any attempt to speed it up: the time spent watching is what makes the attraction persuasive. Start with *Rear Window*; leave *Vertigo* for an evening when there is no need to hurry.

## Biography

Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Leytonstone, London, he began his career in the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer and made his directorial debut with The Pleasure Garden (1925). His early British films, including The Lodger (1927) and Blackmail (1929), established his reputation in the thriller genre.

Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939. He directed and produced a series of acclaimed films, including Rebecca (1940), Rear Window (1954), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963). He made uncredited cameo appearances in many of his films, including Vertigo (1958). His work received multiple Academy Award nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (21)

- *Marnie* (1964), Fi1m 68, as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/marnie.md)
- *The Birds* (1963), Fi1m 86, as Pet Store Customer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)
- *Psycho* (1960), Fi1m 90, as Man Outside Office (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/psycho.md)
- *North by Northwest* (1959), Fi1m 89, as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md)
- *Vertigo* (1958), Fi1m 92, as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Fi1m 74, as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), Fi1m 83, as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)
- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), Fi1m 80, as Banquet Member (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)
- *Rear Window* (1954), Fi1m 94, as Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)
- *Strangers on a Train* (1951), Fi1m 86, as Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md)
- *Rope* (1948), Fi1m 76, as Man Walking in Street (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/rope.md)
- *Notorious* (1946), Fi1m 92, as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/notorious.md)
- *Spellbound* (1945), Fi1m 66, as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)
- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)
- *Suspicion* (1941), Fi1m 72, as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/suspicion.md)
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Rebecca* (1940), Fi1m 85, as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)
- *The Lady Vanishes* (1938), Fi1m 88, as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-vanishes.md)
- *Sabotage* (1936), Fi1m 77, as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed — [page](https://film.one/film/sabotage.md)
- *The 39 Steps* (1935), Fi1m 88, as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-39-steps.md)
- *Blackmail* (1929), Fi1m 74, as Man on Subway (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md)

## Complete filmography (103)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies* (2026), Director
- *Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft* (2021), Actor
- *Normandie ne partira pas ce soir* (2021), Actor
- *Dangling by a String* (2018), Thanks
- *German Concentration Camps Factual Survey* (2017), Treatment
- *Documenting John Grierson* (2014), Actor
- *Hollywood sul Tevere* (2009), Actor
- *Psycho* (1998), In Memory Of
- *Obsessed with Vertigo* (1997), Actor
- *Lifepod* (1993), Short Story
- *Innocent Blood* (1992), as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
- *Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly* (1990), Actor
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, as Creator
- *Memory of the Camps* (1985), Treatment
- *Family Plot* (1976), as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Frenzy* (1972), as Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Topaz* (1969), as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited) · Director
- *Mondo Hollywood* (1967), Actor
- *Torn Curtain* (1966), as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Marnie* (1964), as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/marnie.md)
- *The Birds* (1963), as Pet Store Customer (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, Director, Creator
- *Alcoa Premiere* (1961), series, Producer
- *Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The Birds* (1961), Director
- *Psycho* (1960), as Man Outside Office (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/psycho.md)
- *Startime* (1959), series, Director
- *North by Northwest* (1959), as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md)
- *Vertigo* (1958), as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited) · Producer, Director — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *Suspicion* (1957), series, Director, Producer
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), as Passerby (uncredited) · Director
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, Producer, Director, Creator
- *To Catch a Thief* (1955), as Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Rear Window* (1954), as Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)
- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), as Banquet Member (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)
- *I Confess* (1953), as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Strangers on a Train* (1951), as Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md)
- *Stage Fright* (1950), as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, Director
- *Under Capricorn* (1949), as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Rope* (1948), as Man Walking in Street (uncredited) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rope.md)
- *The Paradine Case* (1947), Director
- *Notorious* (1946), as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited) · Director, Producer, Additional Writing — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/notorious.md)
- *Spellbound* (1945), as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)
- *Watchtower Over Tomorrow* (1945), Director of Operations
- *The Fighting Generation* (1944), Director
- *Lifeboat* (1944), Director, Idea, Producer
- *Bon Voyage* (1944), Director
- *Aventure Malgache* (1944), Director
- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)
- *Saboteur* (1942), as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited) · Director, Story
- *Suspicion* (1941), as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/suspicion.md)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1941), as Man Passing David on Street (uncredited) · Director
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Rebecca* (1940), as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)
- *The House Across the Bay* (1940), Assistant Director
- *Joan Fontaine Wardrobe Test* (1939), Director
- *Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" Screen Test* (1939), Director
- *Jamaica Inn* (1939), Director
- *The Lady Vanishes* (1938), as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-vanishes.md)
- *Young and Innocent* (1937), as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited) · Director
- *Sabotage* (1937), as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed · Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/sabotage.md)
- *Secret Agent* (1936), Director
- *The 39 Steps* (1935), as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-39-steps.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1934), as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited) · Director
- *Waltzes from Vienna* (1934), Director
- *Lord Camber's Ladies* (1932), Producer
- *Number Seventeen* (1932), Director, Screenplay
- *Rich and Strange* (1931), Director, Adaptation
- *Mary* (1931), Director
- *The Skin Game* (1931), Director, Adaptation
- *Murder!* (1930), as Man on Street (uncredited) · Director, Adaptation
- *Juno and the Paycock* (1930), Director, Writer
- *Elstree Calling* (1930), Director
- *An Elastic Affair* (1930), Director
- *Blackmail* (1929), as Man on Subway (uncredited) · Screenplay, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md)
- *The Manxman* (1929), Director
- *Sound Test for Blackmail* (1929), Director
- *Champagne* (1928), Director, Writer
- *Easy Virtue* (1928), as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited) · Director
- *The Farmer's Wife* (1928), Director, Writer
- *Downhill* (1927), Director
- *The Ring* (1927), as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited) · Director, Writer
- *The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog* (1927), as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *The Mountain Eagle* (1926), Director
- *The Prude's Fall* (1925), Writer
- *The Pleasure Garden* (1925), Director
- *The Blackguard* (1925), Writer, Art Direction
- *The Passionate Adventure* (1924), Writer, Art Direction
- *The White Shadow* (1924), as Art Direction · Screenplay, Editor, Set Decoration, Production Design, Assistant Director
- *Always Tell Your Wife* (1923), Director
- *Woman to Woman* (1923), Writer, Art Direction
- *Tell Your Children* (1922), Title Designer
- *The Man From Home* (1922), as Art Direction · Title Graphics
- *The Spanish Jade* (1922), as Art Direction · Title Designer
- *Love's Boomerang* (1922), Title Designer
- *Three Live Ghosts* (1922), as Art Direction · Title Graphics
- *The Bonnie Brier Bush* (1921), Title Designer
- *The Mystery Road* (1921), Title Designer
- *The Princess of New York* (1921), Title Designer
- *The Call of Youth* (1921), Title Designer
- *The Great Day* (1920), Title Designer

## Gallery

- ![Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-fd156b923b0b.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock — Ante Brkan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Hitchcock%2C_Alfred_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alfred Hitchcock Publicity Photo 1976](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-ebe125e462e0.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock Publicity Photo 1976 — Universal Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Alfred_Hitchcock_Publicity_Photo_1976.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alfred Hitchcock in Marnie's trailer. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-4f6b38ddd3ad.png) Alfred Hitchcock in Marnie's trailer. (2012) — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Alfred_Hitchcock%27s_Marnie_Trailer_-_Alfred_Hitchcock.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-53f4fa7d5cac.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-7c639e672bca.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-5bfbf78c0bdc.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-9f6dbbf5f06f.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-957e942fda74.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/media/person/59163/gallery-1d821826ee85.jpg) Alfred Hitchcock — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 5 nominated

- 1961: Best Director (nominated), for *Psycho*
- 1955: Best Director (nominated), for *Rear Window*
- 1946: Best Director (nominated), for *Spellbound*
- 1945: Best Director (nominated), for *Lifeboat*
- 1941: Best Director (nominated), for *Rebecca*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1971: BAFTA Fellowship (won)

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1971: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (won)

### Other awards — 4 won

- AFI Life Achievement Award 1979: AFI Life Achievement Award (won)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1979: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1967: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (won)
- Edgar Awards 1960: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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