All All. Sign In. List activity. Alfred Hitchcock. Director Producer Writer Psycho His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock born and Eileen Hitchcock born Raised as a strict Catholic and attending Saint Ignatius College, a school run by Jesuits, Hitch had very much of a regular upbringing.
His first job outside of the family business was in as an estimator for the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. His interest in movies began at around this time, frequently visiting the cinema and reading US trade journals. Hitchcock entering the film industry in as a title card designer. It was there that he met Alma Reville , though they never really spoke to each other.
It was only after the director for Always Tell Your Wife fell ill and Hitchcock was named director to complete the film that he and Reville began to collaborate. Hitchcock had his first real crack at directing a film, start to finish, in when he was hired to direct the film Number 13 , though the production wasn't completed due to the studio's closure he later remade it as a sound film.
Hitchcock didn't give up then. In the same year, on the 2nd of December, Hitchcock married Alma Reville. They had one child, Patricia Hitchcock who was born on July 7th, In , the Hitchcock family moved to Hollywood, where the producer David O. Selznick had hired him to direct an adaptation of 'Daphne du Maurier''s Rebecca Hitchcock was a master of pure cinema who almost never failed to reconcile aesthetics with the demands of the box-office.
During the making of Frenzy , Hitchcock's wife Alma suffered a paralyzing stroke which made her unable to walk very well. On March 7, , Hitchcock was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award, where he said: "I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration.
