His family was mostly Roman Catholic, with his mother and paternal grandmother being of Irish extraction. He was named after his father's brother, Alfred. Hitchcock mosaic at Leytonstone Station.Hitchcock was born on 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, London, the second son and youngest of three children of William Hitchcock (1862–1914), a greengrocer and poulterer, and Emma Jane Hitchcock ( née Whelan 1863–1942).

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MovieMaker has hailed him as the most influential filmmaker of all time. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, which said: 'Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood.

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock Whelan (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker and producer, who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Director, producer Image(s) of Alfred Hitchcock

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