| − | '''Sir Alfred Joseph 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 ''[[Shadow of a Doubt (film)|Shadow of a Doubt]]'', ''The 39 Steps'', ''Rebecca'', ''Dial M for Murder'', ''Rear Window'', ''[[Vertigo_(film, 1958)|Vertigo]]'', ''North by Northwest'', ''[[Psycho (film, 1960)|Psycho]]'', ''[[The Birds (film, 1963)|The Birds]]'', ''Topaz'', and ''Frenzy''. | + | '''Sir Alfred Joseph 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 ''[[Shadow of a Doubt (film)|Shadow of a Doubt]]'', ''The 39 Steps'', ''Rebecca'', ''Dial M for Murder'', ''Rear Window'', ''[[Vertigo (film, 1958)|Vertigo]]'', ''North by Northwest'', ''[[Psycho (film, 1960)|Psycho]]'', ''[[The Birds (film, 1963)|The Birds]]'', ''Topaz'', and ''Frenzy''. |