Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Hitchcock (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980) was a british film maker and producer who was the pioneer of thriller and psychological thriller films.

Hitchcock's thriller films were defined by the structure of their in depth and enticing plots. The key elements in Hitchcock's thriller films are crime, jeopardy and often murder, which he uses to engage the audience and give them clues to solve a crime or mystery.

Hitchcock uses iconography in his films to make them difinitive to an audience. He uses dark lighting, fast paced scenes, tension, suspense, bad weather, dark, scary settings etc. so that people see these icons and indentify the film as one of his thrillers.

Some of Hitchcock's best known films are 'North by Northwest' (1959), 'Psycho' (1960), and 'The Birds' (1963).

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