Director Research.

Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchock was a famous producer and director, born in England in 1899. He is most famous for directing the film Psycho, which is one of the worlds best known Thriller films, grossing around $32,000,000 in the US. 
Hitchcock pioneered many techniques in the suspense and Thriller movie genre's. After he became a well known director in british cinema producing silent movies and early talkies (sound film) he was renowned as England's best director. After this he and his family moved to the US.
It was around the 1920's when Hitchcock joined the film industry. He began his career drawing sets as he was a very skilled artist. 
He got his first opportunity to direct when the director of 'Always tell you wife' fell ill and Hitchcock was asked to direct the remainder of the movie. His talent was then noticed and he got a shot to direct a film from start to finish in 1992, the film was called 'Number 13'. However the film was never finished as the studio closed down. He then directed another film in 1927 called 'The pleasure garden' and finally directed his first Trademark film 'The Lodger' in the same year. After directing a few more films which gained an audience in both the UK and US. Hitchcock moved to America - Hollywood (1940). 
After the film Saboteur was released Alfred's career really took off. After that people began to refer to his films as his (Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho etc.). He had many Cameo roles in his films, such as being an extra, walking by or standing on the subway. 
In late 1979 Alfred was knighted making him Sir Alfred Hitchcock, but no even a whole year later he passed away in his sleep (29th April 1980).
His career had a span of over 50 years and he adopted his own directing style. 

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