| − | '''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''. ''Entertainment Weekly'' ranks Hitchcock as the #1 director of all-time.<ref>https://ew.com/article/1996/04/19/50-greatest-directors-and-their-100-best-movies/</ref> | + | '''Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock''', KBE (Aug. 13, 1899 - Apr. 29, 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''. ''Entertainment Weekly'' ranks Hitchcock as the #1 director of all-time.<ref>https://ew.com/article/1996/04/19/50-greatest-directors-and-their-100-best-movies/</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> | + | 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> He "was born Aug. 13, 1899, into a lowermiddle class family in the London suburb of Leytonstone, Essex. His father was an East End greengrocer and poultrymonger."<ref>https://variety.com/1980/film/news/alfred-hitchcock-dies-of-natural-causes-at-bel-air-home-1201344342/</ref> |
| | His first "thriller" movie was the unrated ''The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927), which went into the [[public domain]] in the [[United States]] on Jan. 1, 2023, and is fully available on YouTube. It was a silent movie that was nominated for best film that year in the Golden Train Award. | | His first "thriller" movie was the unrated ''The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927), which went into the [[public domain]] in the [[United States]] on Jan. 1, 2023, and is fully available on YouTube. It was a silent movie that was nominated for best film that year in the Golden Train Award. |