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Full Name: Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Born: August, 13 1899, London
Died: April, 29 1980, Los Angeles
Hitchcock’s career as a director spanned over 50 years. He was educated at a Jesuit school, London’s St. Ignatius College, and the School of Engineering and Navigation, where he studied mechanics, electricity, acoustics, and navigation. He then worked for a telegraph company and took art courses at the University of London.
Hitchcock had a habit of falling asleep at parties. One evening he was roused at a gathering by his wife. She had allowed him to sleep for several hours, and now suggested that it was time to go. Several of Hitchcock’s film were based on novels, short stories or plays by writers such as Daphne du Maurier, John Steinbeck, John Galsworthy, Leon Uris, Victor Canning, Robert Bloch, W. Somerset Maugham, Joseph Conrad, Josephine Tey, John Buchan, Cornell Woolrich, Patricia Highsmith and Winston Graham.
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Behind the scenes
Born: August, 13 1899, London
Died: April, 29 1980, Los Angeles
Hitchcock’s career as a director spanned over 50 years. He was educated at a Jesuit school, London’s St. Ignatius College, and the School of Engineering and Navigation, where he studied mechanics, electricity, acoustics, and navigation. He then worked for a telegraph company and took art courses at the University of London.
Hitchcock had a habit of falling asleep at parties. One evening he was roused at a gathering by his wife. She had allowed him to sleep for several hours, and now suggested that it was time to go. Several of Hitchcock’s film were based on novels, short stories or plays by writers such as Daphne du Maurier, John Steinbeck, John Galsworthy, Leon Uris, Victor Canning, Robert Bloch, W. Somerset Maugham, Joseph Conrad, Josephine Tey, John Buchan, Cornell Woolrich, Patricia Highsmith and Winston Graham.
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Behind the scenes
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