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Hitchcock, who was born on the suburbs of London, began his career in the film business in 1919 as a title card designer after working as a technical clerk and copywriter for a telegraph-cable firm.1)
His first successful film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, influenced the thriller genre, and his 1929 film, Blackmail, was the first British “talkie”.2)
Two of his 1930s thrillers, The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes, are considered among the best British films of all time.3)
By 1939, Hitchcock had established himself as a major international director, and film producer David O. Selznick urged him to go to Hollywood.4)
Following Rebecca, Foreign Correspondent, Shadow of a Doubt, and The Paradine Case, a run of popular films were released in Hollywood, including Rebecca, Foreign Correspondent, Shadow of a Doubt, and The Paradine Case.5)
Rebecca, his film, was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won Best Picture.6)
The use of camera movement to resemble a person's stare, so turning spectators into voyeurs, and framing pictures to maximum dread and horror are all examples of “Hitchcockian” style.7)
The significance of a Hitchcock picture, according to film critic Robin Wood, “is there in the method, in the evolution from scene to shot.” “A Hitchcock picture is an organism in which the whole is suggested in every detail and every detail is tied to the whole.”8)
By 1960, Hitchcock had directed four films that are widely considered to be among the best of all time: Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho.9)
By 2016, seven of his films, including his personal favorite, Shadow of a Doubt, have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.10)