| − | '''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'' (winner of the [[Oscar]] for Best Picture in 1940), ''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'' (winner of the [[Oscar]] for Best Picture in 1940), ''Dial M for Murder'', ''Rear Window'', ''[[Vertigo (film, 1958)|Vertigo]]'' (considered of the greatest movies ever made), ''North by Northwest'', ''[[Psycho (film, 1960)|Psycho]]'', ''[[The Birds (film, 1963)|The Birds]]'', ''Topaz'', and ''Frenzy''. |
| | Hitchcock was a practicing [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] who attended [[Mass]] regularly at the Good Shepherd Church in [[Beverly Hills]], taking [[Holy Communion]] until the very end of his life.<ref>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-man-who-knew-his-faith-the-catholicism-of-alfred-hitchcock#:~:text=Hitchcock%20was%20a%20practicing%20Catholic,of%20instruction%20in%20the%20faith.</ref> | | Hitchcock was a practicing [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] who attended [[Mass]] regularly at the Good Shepherd Church in [[Beverly Hills]], taking [[Holy Communion]] until the very end of his life.<ref>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-man-who-knew-his-faith-the-catholicism-of-alfred-hitchcock#:~:text=Hitchcock%20was%20a%20practicing%20Catholic,of%20instruction%20in%20the%20faith.</ref> |