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Full name: Sir Alfred Joseph HitchcockBorn: August 13th 1899, in London, UKOccupation: Director, Producer, Television

Personality and ScreenwriterStudied at St. Ignatius College, University of

LondonHe studied engineering and was soon working

for Henley's as a draftsman/advertising designer

In 1920, Hitchcock entered the film industry and soon became an assistant director.

He died in 1982

Who was Hitchcock?

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Hitchcock has made many famous films such as ‘Psycho’ , ‘The Birds’ and ‘Marine’

He is famous for his representations of violence and thriller throughout all his films

But also his understanding of complex psychological characters

The shower scene from the film Psycho is an iconic attribute of Hitchcock’s work

What is he famous for?

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Hitchcock left England

in 1939.

The first film he made in

England was ‘Rebecca’

Which won him an

Academy Award for

best picture.He won other awards

such as an Academy

Fellowship at the BAFTAs

in 1971

He won a Life

Achievement Award at the

American Film

Institute

He was nominated at the Oscars for Best director

of the film ‘Pyscho’

He received American

Film Institute's Lifetime

Achievement Award after his death

The Hollywood Years/Awards

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Recognition towards Britain and its rapid growth in the film industry

Hitchcock's individual style and storytelling managed to grab the attention of many

His original storylines His success at awards ceremonies

What contribution did Hitchcock make to British and Global Film History?

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The Birds is a 1963 suspense/horror film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock,

Screenplay by Evan Hunter

It was based on book ‘The Birds’ by Daphne Du Maurier

Starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Tippi Hedren

The film was distributed by Universal Pictures

About the film…

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The special effects shots of the attacking birds were done at Walt Disney Studios by animator/technician Ub Iwerks,

who used the sodium vapour process ("yellow screen") which he had helped to develop.

Hitchcock decided to do make use of sound effects then have a musical score

Mixtur-Trautonium was used to create some of the bird sounds for the film

Special Effects

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It was nominated for an Academy Awards

for Best special Effects

The film received a Golden Globe for New

Star of the Year actress in 1964

Tippi Hedren received a Photoplay Award for

Most Promising Newcomer.

The film was ranked #1 of the top ten

foreign films selected by the Bengal Film

Journalists’ Association Awards

Hitchcock also received the

Associations' Director Award for the film

The American Film Institute rated the film as the seventh greatest

thriller and Bravo awarded the film 96th

on their "The 100 Scariest Movie

Moments.

Success