ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1899-1980) is undeniably the world's most famous filmdirector. His name has become synonymous with the cinema, and each newgeneration takes the same pleasure in rediscovering his films, which arenow treasures of our artistic heritage. Hitchcock started out in theBritish silent cinema of the 1920s, which reached its peak with successfulthrillers such as "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), "Sabotage" (1936) and"The Lady Vanishes" (1938). Recognized as a 'young genius', Hitchcock movedto Hollywood and set about reinventing cinematic tradition,combining themodern with the classic in films such as "Vertigo" (1957), "North byNorthwest" (1959)and "The Birds" (1963). Hitchcock gave talented actorssuch as James Stewart and Cary Grant the chance to play enduring antiheroesand imprinted the public imagination with the myth of the 'blonde', asembodied by Grace Kelly, Kim Novak and Tippi Hedren.