Figures

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Citation Formats

General Reference

Film and Media Atlas. "Alfred Hitchcock." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/alfred-hitchcock.

APA Style

Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Alfred Hitchcock. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/alfred-hitchcock

BibTeX

@misc{filmandmediaatlas-alfred-hitchcock,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Alfred Hitchcock},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/alfred-hitchcock},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

British director, the master of suspense, whose command of point of view, editing and audience anxiety across more than fifty features, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho among them, made him the most studied director in the medium. He is the central exhibit of auteur criticism: a commercial entertainer revealed as a total artist.

Facts

Birth Year

1899 1

Death Year

1980 1

Nationality

British 1

Defining Contribution

The grammar of screen suspense; Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho 1

Cross-Tradition Connections