Alfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation.
for high-art film-making with great audience popularity. Throughout his.
career he gave his audiences more pleasure than could be asked for. The.
consistency of quality plot-lines and technical ingenuity earned him the.
recognition of being one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His.
films earned him the reputation of being the "master of suspense", and.
after viewing two of his more popular films, Psycho and The Birds, it is.
evident why. There is a distinction between surprise, which lasts only a.
few seconds, and suspense which captivates one's attention the entire.
length of a film. This is something that Hitchcock realized early on, and.
applied into his movies. He is one of the few directors whose name on a.
marquee is as important, if not more so, than any actor who appears in the.
film itself. Both his style of directing, and that of the movies that he.
has directed are very unique, making him stand out in the film industry. .
He pioneered the art of cinematography and special effects, which along.
with his cameos, are what he is most often associated with. Hitchcock led.
a long and prosperous life in the movie industry, starting as a teenager.
and making movies up until his death in 1980, while working on the 54th of.
his career (Sterrit 3). Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13,.
1889 in London, England. As a child his parents were very strict with him.
and they imposed severe and unusual punishments upon him, as what they.
considered to be discipline. One of these incidents scarred him for life.
As punishment for arriving home late one night, young Alfred's father had.
a policeman friend lock the boy up in a cell for five minutes, "in order.
to teach him where naughty little boys who come home after 9 o'clock would.
eventually end up." (Phillips 27). Throughout his career he used the.
innocent man being arrested and imprisoned in his films, and claimed that.
