ALFRED HITCHCOK PLUS

The 'Hitchcockian' style includes the use of camera movement to mimic a person's gaze, thereby turning viewers into voyeurs, and framing shots to maximise anxiety and fear. The Lodger (1926), his breakthrough film, was a prototypical example of the classic Hitchcock plot: an innocent protagonist is falsely accused of a crime and becomes involved in a web of intrigue.

ALFRED HITCHCOK PLUS

This experience, plus a stint at Germany's UFA studios as an assistant director, help account for the Expressionistic character of his films, both in their visual schemes and thematic concerns. His first completed film as director was The Pleasure Garden (1925), an Anglo-German production filmed in Munich. That year he directed an unfinished film, No. There he learned scripting, editing and art direction, and rose to assistant director in 1922. He began his filmmaking career in 1919 illustrating title cards for silent films at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London. The acknowledged master of the thriller genre he virtually invented, Alfred Hitchcock was also a brilliant technician who deftly blended sex, suspense and humor. His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director despite five nominations. Known as the 'Master of Suspense', he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today.

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