Alfred Hitchcock
(1899-1980), Film directorSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sitter in 24 portraits
London born film director; directed the first British talking film, Blackmail (1929), but worked in Hollywood from 1939 where he became known as the 'master of suspense' for films such as Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959). Constantly exploiting technical innovations and prolifically inventive, Hitchcock's films vary widely from romantic drama and comedy thriller to the horror classic, Psycho (1960). The psychological manipulation of his audience was much admired by the French directors of the nouvelle vague. Hitchock died in Los Angeles on 29 April 1980.
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Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin; Alfred Hitchcock
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide press print, 1934
NPG x182316
Alfred Hitchcock; Alma Reville
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x3565
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x3530
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x3563
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x3564
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x3566
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x3567
Alma Reville; Patricia ('Pat') Hitchcock O'Connell; Alfred Hitchcock
by Associated Press
bromide press print, 11 July 1940
NPG x194278
Alfred Hitchcock; Alma Reville; Patricia ('Pat') Hitchcock O'Connell
for Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd
bromide press print, circa 1942
NPG x194380
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 22 September 1949
NPG x182315
Alma Reville; Alfred Hitchcock
by Planet News
bromide press print, 25 October 1955
NPG x88147
by Brenard Press Ltd
bromide press print, 1955
NPG x182314
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1964
NPG x194107
by Associated Press
bromide press print, July 1971
NPG x182313
Alfred Hitchcock; Patricia ('Pat') McDermott
by Dan Slater
bromide press print, 1972
NPG x182317
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