Alfred Hitchcock the “Master of Suspense”

 

·         Born in 1899 in London, England

·         Died in 1980 in Los Angeles, North America

·         In 1956 he became an American citizen but remaining a British subject

·         His techniques pioneered those to come in future generations of the thriller genre

·         When he moved to Hollywood he already had made very successful films in the  United Kingdom

·         His career lasted over 50 years, making many films which gave him a name of a very successful director who had his own distinctive style of directing

·         He directed over 50 feature length films which were made over the space of 6 different decades

·         He created the style of filming, where it puts the audience in the position of the killer, as an act of voyeurism to make them feel uncomfortable.