Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock - the best english filmmaker

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock(13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)was an English filmmaker and producer. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Telegraph, which said: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him..."The magazine MovieMaker has hailed him as the most influential filmmaker of all-time,and he is widely regarded as one of cinema's most significant artists.

Hitchcock became famous for his expert and largely unrivaled control of pace and suspense, and his films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy. The films are known for their droll humour and witticisms, and these cinematic works often portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their control or understanding. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime.

Result of Hitchcock's life — 55 full-length films, many of which become classics of a world cinema. Besides, Alfred Hitchcock has directed also a series «Alfred Hitchcock represents 21 television movie» and two documentary films (both in 1944), 2 more film works remained incomplete. The most famous pictures are: “Dial M for Murder”, “Rebecca”, “Psycho”, “Rope”, “Rear Window”, “Vertigo”, etc.

There was the only one Hitchcock film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture – “Rebecca”(though the award did not go to Hitchcock but to producer David O. Selznick); four other films were nominated. In 1967, he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement. He never won an Academy Award for direction of a film.      

Hitchcock died on 29 April 1980, 9:17AM. He died peacefully in his sleep due to renal failure in Los Angeles, California home at the age of 80, survived by his wife and their daughter. His funeral service was held at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. Hitchcock's body was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.

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