Film
FocusAlfred Hitchcock
London-born Alfred Hitchcock (1899--1980) is one of the most
renowned film directors in the history of the medium. He became a director in
1925 and made the first British feature film with sound in 1929 (Blackmail).
He gained a reputation for films of suspense such as The Man Who Knew Too Much,
The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Spellbound, North
by Northwest, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, The Trouble
with Harry, Vertigo, and Notorious. Remarkably, Hitchcock never
won an Academy Award for his directorship, although his 1940 production of Rebecca
received the Oscar as Best Picture and he himself was given a "lifetime achievement"
award in 1967. His most famous--if not his best--film remains his 1960 shocker
Psycho.
Although he became a United States citizen in 1955, Hitchcock was knighted
in 1980.
Books About Alfred Hitchcock
It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchock, A Personal Biography, by Charlotte Chandler. S&S, 2005.
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light, by Patrick McGilligan. Regan, 2003.
Hitchcock at Work, by Bill Krohn. Phaidon, 2000.
Hitchcock Becomes Hitchcock: The British Years, by Paul M. Jensen. Midnight Marquee, 2000.
The Alfred Hitchcock Story, by Ken Mogg. Taylor, 1999.
Me and Hitch, by Evan Hunter. F&F, 1997.
Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews, ed. by Sidney Gottlieb. Unic. Of CA, 1995.
Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick in Hollywood, by Leonard J. Leff. W&N, 1987.
The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock: A Memoir Featuring the Screenplay of "Alfred Hitchcock's The Short Night," by David Freeman. Overlook, 1984.
The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock, by Donald Spoto. LB, 1983.
Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock, by John Russell Taylor. F&F, 1978.
Hitchcock, by George C. Perry. Doubleday, 1975.
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock: Filming Our Fears, by Gene Adair. Oxford, 2002.
Hitchcock: Suspense, Humour & Tone, by Susan Smith. IN Univ., 2001.
Hitchcock: Centenary Essays, ed. by Richard Allen & S. Ishii-Gonzales. British Film Inst., 1999.
Hitchcock's America, ed. by Jonathan Freedman & Richard H. Millingham. OUP, 1999.
Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized & Illustrated Look Inside the Creative Mind of Alfred Hitchcock, by Dan Auiler. Spike, 1999.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Legacy of Victorianism, by Paula Marantz Cohen. Univ. Pr. of KY, 1995.
Alfred Hitchcock: A Filmography & Bibliography, by Jane E. Sloan. Univ. of CA, 1995.
Perspectives on Alfred Hitchcock, ed. by David Boyd, Ronald Gottesman, Harry M. Geduld. Hall, 1995.
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, by David Sterritt. CUP, 1993.
Hitchcock: The Making of a Reputation, by Robert E. Kapsis. Univ. of Chicago, 1992.
Hitchcock's Films Revisited, by Robin Wood. Columbia Univ., 1989.
The Women who Knew Too Much: Hitchcock and Feminist Theory, by Tania Modleski. Methuen, 1988.
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, by Neil Sinyard. Gallery, 1986.
Alfred Hitchcock & the British Cinema, by Tom Ryall. Univ. of IL, 1986.
Alfred Hitchcock, by Gene D. Phillips. Twayne, 1984.
Hitchcock, by Francois Truffaut. Rev. Ed. S&S, 1984.
Hitchcock-The Murderous Gaze, by William Rothman. Harvard, 1982.
The Silent Scream: Alfred Hitchcock's Sound Track, by Elisabeth Weis. Fairleigh Dickinson, 1982.
The Alfred Hitchcock Album, by Michael Haley. P-H, 1981.
Hitchcock: The First Forty-Four Films, by Eric Rohmer & Claude Chabrol. Ungar, 1979.
Hitchcock's British Films, by Maurice Yacowar. Archon, 1977.
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, by Robert A. Harris & Michael S. Lasky. Citadel, 1976.
The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, by Donald Spoto. H&B, 1976.
The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock, or, The Plain Man's Hitchcock, by Raymond Durgnat. MIT, 1974.
Focus on Alfred Hitchcock, ed. by Albert J. LaValley. P-H,
1972.
Individual Films
Alfred Hitchcock Goes North by Northwest, by Dan Auiler. St. M., 2001.
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, ed. by John Belton. CUP, 2000.
The Art of Looking in Hitchcock's Rear Window, by Stefan Sharff. Limelight, 1997.
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, by Stephen Rebello. St. M., 1999.
Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic, by Dan Auiler. St. M., 1998.
Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller, by Janet Leigh & Christopher Nickens. Harmony, 1995.
Miscellaneous
A Talk with Hitchcock. [VHS & DVD]. Image Entertainment, 2000.
The Men Who Made the Movies, by Richard Schickel. Dee, 2001.
Hitchcock Poster Art: From the Mark. H. Wolff Collection, ed. by Tony Normand & Mark H. Wolff. Overlook, 1999.
Alfred Hitchcock Triviography & Quiz Book, by Kathleen Kaska. Renaissance, 1999.