| − | '''Alfred Hitchcock''' (1899-1980) was a [[British]] [[film]] [[director]] known as 'the Master of Suspense' for his prolific output of popular, yet critically well-received, thrillers. He made more than fifty feature-length films, including ''The 39 Steps'', ''Rebecca'', ''Dial M for Murder'', ''Rear Window'', ''[[Vertigo_(film, 1958)|Vertigo]]'', ''North by Northwest'', ''Psycho'' and ''[[The Birds (film, 1963)|The Birds]]''. | + | '''Sir Alfred Hitchcock''', KBE (1899-1980), was a [[British]] [[film]] [[director]] known as 'the Master of Suspense' for his prolific output of popular, yet critically well-received, thrillers. He made more than fifty feature-length films, including ''The 39 Steps'', ''Rebecca'', ''Dial M for Murder'', ''Rear Window'', ''[[Vertigo_(film, 1958)|Vertigo]]'', ''North by Northwest'', ''Psycho'' and ''[[The Birds (film, 1963)|The Birds]]''. |
| | He was also famous for making brief cameo appearances in each of his films, usually in a humourous context.<ref>http://www.filmsite.org/hitchcockcameos.html</ref> | | He was also famous for making brief cameo appearances in each of his films, usually in a humourous context.<ref>http://www.filmsite.org/hitchcockcameos.html</ref> |