Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13 August 1899 in Essex,England. He lived until he was age 80 on the 29 April California United States. Hitchcock was was a pioneer in techniques used in suspense and the thriller genre. Hitchcock had a successful career in British Cinema through silent films and talkies which were the podcast of that age. He moved from England to Hollywood in 1939 to start his career that he is well known for in Thrillers.

Hitchcock frames shots to try and maximize the viewers anxiety, fear or even empathy and he used innovative film editing techniques to accomplish this. Many of his stories featured a fugitive on the run from the law alongside a blonde heroine female character. Alot of the films that Hitchcock directed ended up having twist endings much like the one in Psycho which is one of his most famous works.

Hitchcock had a different approach to actors in his films he did not like the method way of doing things  and believed actors should focus on acting rather than working on the script on leaving it to the directors and screenwriters.Many of the actors Hitchcock put in his films he would reuse alot  if he thought they were up to his standard of discipline.

Hitchcocks childhood could have a lot of influence on the way he wrote his films. For example many of Hitchcocks films he portrays people being mistreated which could link in with his early life a good example of this would be one of Hitchcocks most successful thrillers Psyhco was influenced by his Mother.If Hitchcock would misbehave or do something wrong his Mother would often punish him harshly this is a large influence to Norman Bates in Psycho.