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Alfred Hitchcock Filmography

Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) was an English director and filmmaker. Popularly known as the "Master of Suspense" for his use of innovative film techniques in thrillers, Hitchcock started his career in the British film industry as a title designer and art director for a number of silent films during the early 1920s. His directorial debut was the 1925 release The Pleasure Garden. Hitchcock followed this with The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, his first commercial and critical success. It featured many of the thematic elements his films would be known for, such as an innocent man on the run. It also featured the first of his famous cameo appearances. Two years later he directed Blackmail (1929) which was his first sound film. In 1935, Hitchcock directed The 39 Steps; three years later, he directed The Lady Vanishes, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave.

In 1940, Hitchcock transitioned to Hollywood productions, the first of which was the psychological thriller Rebecca, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. He received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, and the film won Best Picture. Hitchcock worked with Fontaine again the following year on the film Suspicion, which also starred Cary Grant. In 1943, Hitchcock directed another psychological thriller Shadow of a Doubt, which starred Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Three years later, he reunited with Grant on Notorious, which also starred Ingrid Bergman. The film included a three-minute intermittent kissing scene between the leads shot specifically to skirt the Motion Picture Production Code which at the time limited such scenes to three seconds. In 1948, Hitchcock directed Rope, which starred James Stewart. The film was his first in Technicolor and is remembered for its use of long takes to make the film appear to be a single continuous shot. Three years later, he directed Strangers on a Train (1951).

Hitchcock collaborated with Grace Kelly on three films: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954) and To Catch a Thief (1955). For Rear Window, Hitchcock received a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards. 1955 marked his debut on television as the host of the anthology television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which he also produced. In 1958, Hitchcock directed the psychological thriller Vertigo, starring Stewart and Kim Novak. The film topped the 2012 poll of the British film magazine Sight & Sound of the 50 Greatest Films of All Time and also topped the American Film Institute's Top Ten in the mystery genre. He followed this with the spy thriller North by Northwest (1959), which starred Grant and Eva Marie Saint. In 1960, he directed Psycho, the biggest commercial success of his career and for which he received his fifth nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards. Three years later, he directed the horror film The Birds, starring Tippi Hedren. The following year, he reunited with Hedren on Marnie, which also starred Sean Connery.

In recognition of his career, Hitchcock garnered the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Fellowship Award, the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Directors Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. He received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to acknowledge his film and television achievements. In 1980, Hitchcock received a knighthood.

Film

As director

Year Title Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Producer Writer
1922 Number 13 Yes No No Lost film • Unfinished
1925 The Pleasure Garden Yes No No German title: Irrgarten der Leidenschaft (Maze of Passion)
1926 The Mountain Eagle Yes No No Lost film
German title: Der Bergadler
1927 The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Yes No No US title: The Case of Jonathan Drew
The Ring Yes No Yes Screenplay writer
Downhill Yes No No US title: When Boys Leave Home
1928 The Farmer's Wife Yes No No
Easy Virtue Yes No No
Champagne Yes No Yes Screenplay co-writer
1929 The Manxman Yes No No
Blackmail Yes No Yes Released in both silent and sound versions
1930 An Elastic Affair Yes No No Short film
Lost film
Juno and the Paycock Yes No Yes Screenplay co-writer
Murder! Yes No Yes Screenplay co-writer
1931 The Skin Game Yes No Yes Screenplay co-writer
Mary Yes No No German-language version of Murder! filmed with German actors
Rich and Strange Yes No Yes US title: East of Shanghai
Screenplay co-writer
1932 Number Seventeen Yes No Yes Screenplay co-writer
1934 Waltzes from Vienna Yes No No US title: Strauss' Great Waltz/ The Strauss Waltz
The Man Who Knew Too Much Yes No No
1935 The 39 Steps Yes No No
1936 Secret Agent Yes No No
Sabotage Yes No No US title: The Woman Alone
1937 Young and Innocent Yes No No US title: The Girl Was Young
1938 The Lady Vanishes Yes No No
1939 Jamaica Inn Yes No No
1940 Rebecca Yes No No
Foreign Correspondent Yes No No
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Yes No No
Suspicion Yes No No
1942 Saboteur Yes No No
1943 Shadow of a Doubt Yes No No
1944 Lifeboat Yes No No
The Fighting Generation Yes No No United States propaganda short
1945 Spellbound Yes No No
1946 Notorious Yes Yes No
1947 The Paradine Case Yes No No
1948 Rope Yes Yes No Co-producer
1949 Under Capricorn Yes Yes No Co-producer
1950 Stage Fright Yes Yes No
1951 Strangers on a Train Yes Yes No
1953 I Confess Yes Yes No
1954 Dial M for Murder Yes Yes No Filmed in 3D
Rear Window Yes Yes No
1955 To Catch a Thief Yes Yes No
The Trouble with Harry Yes Yes No
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much Yes Yes No Remake of Hitchcock's 1934 movie of the same name
The Wrong Man Yes Yes No
1958 Vertigo Yes Yes No
1959 North by Northwest Yes Yes No
1960 Psycho Yes Yes No
1963 The Birds Yes Yes No
1964 Marnie Yes Yes No
1966 Torn Curtain Yes Yes No
1969 Topaz Yes Yes No
1972 Frenzy Yes Yes No
1976 Family Plot Yes Yes No
1993 Bon Voyage Yes No No French-language propaganda short
Filmed in 1944 but only released in 1993

1993 Aventure Malgache Yes No No French-language propaganda short
Filmed in 1944 but only released in 1993

Other work

Year Title Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Producer Writer Other
1920 The Great Day No No Yes Title designer • Short film • Lost film
1921 The Call of Youth No No Yes Title designer • Short film • Lost film
Appearances No No Yes Title designer • Lost film
The Mystery Road No No Yes Title designer • Lost film
The Princess of New York No No Yes Title designer • Lost film
Dangerous Lies No No Yes Title designer • Lost film
The Bonnie Brier Bush No No Yes Title designer • Lost film
1922 Three Live Ghosts No No Yes Art director, and title designer
Love's Boomerang No No Yes Title designer • Lost film
The Spanish Jade No No Yes Art director, and title designer • Lost film
The Man from Home No No Yes Art director, and title designer
Tell Your Children No No Yes Art director, and title designer • Lost film
1923 Always Tell Your Wife No No Yes Co-director (uncredited), and production manager • Short film • Partially lost film
Woman to Woman No Yes Yes Assistant director, screenplay co-writer, and art director • Lost film
The White Shadow No Yes Yes US title: White Shadows
Assistant director, screenplay co-writer, and art director
Partially lost film
1924 The Passionate Adventure No Yes Yes Assistant director, screenplay co-writer, and art director
1925 The Blackguard No Yes Yes German title: Die Prinzessin und der Geiger (The Princess and the Violinist)
Assistant director, screenplay writer, and art director
The Prude's Fall No Yes Yes US title: Dangerous Virtue
Assistant director, screenplay writer, and art director
Partially lost film
1930 Elstree Calling No No Yes Sketches, and other interpolated items
1932 Lord Camber's Ladies Yes No No
2014 German Concentration Camps Factual Survey No No Yes Treatment advisor
Documentary
Filmed in 1945 but only released in 2014

Television

Year(s) Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1955–1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Host 17 episodes (director)
1957 Suspicion Episode: "Four O'Clock" (director, and producer)
1960 Startime Episode: "Incident at a Corner" (director, and producer)
Only television show directed by Hitchcock in colour
1962 Alcoa Premiere Episode: "The Jail" (executive producer)
1962–1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Host Episode: "I Saw The Whole Thing" (director)

See also