Alfred Hitchcock remembered

April 29th marks the 30th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's death. The English filmmaker and producer was born in 1899 and pioneered many filmmaking techniques, especially in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in the UK in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. He was nominated for five Academy Awards as a best director but never took home the statue. His film "Rebecca" won the 1940 Best Picture Oscar for its producer David Selznic. Actor Joan Fontaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Suspicion, the only Academy Award-winning performance under Hitchcock's direction. In 2008, four of Hitchcock's films were named among the ten best mystery films of all time in the American Film Institute's (AFI) 10 Top 10. Those films are Vertigo (at No. 1); Rear Window (No. 3); North by Northwest (No. 7); and Dial M for Murder (No. 9). He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979. Hitchcock died in 1980 in California. He was aged 80.

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ITN | April 29, 2010

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