Wednesday 25 February 2015


Born on  August  in  Leytonstone  England, Hitchcock was the second son and the youngest of three children of William Hitchcock , a greengrocer , and Emma Jane Hitchcock . Hitchcock was brought up as a Roman Catholic and was sent to Salesian College and the Jesuit Classic school St Ignatius' College in Stamford Hill, London.His parents were both of half-English and half-Irish . He often described a lonely and sheltered childhood worsened by his obesity.

The first thriller film created was called "The Lodger" in 1926 by Alfred Hitchcock often called "the master of suspense" due to his frequent use of psychological suspense in all his films, he was well known in the film industry for creating over 50 films and defined the thriller genera into filming and was responsible for the most famous horror thriller of all time "Psycho" and "Birds" in 1960 and 1963, he continued making and directing films all his life till he died in the 19th of April 1980 a year after winning the "American filming institutes life achievement award".

there method of filming remains unchanged in some certain aspects such as the use of narrative codes however through more advanced cameras lighting and all-round technology filmmaking in particular Sci-Fi's and dramas have evolved and improved throughout the years.