Hitchcock never won the Academy Award for Best Director. Rebecca was the only one of his films to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, although four others were nominated. Another common theme is the basic incompatibility of men and women Hitchcock's films often take a cynical view of traditional romance. This often involves a transference of guilt in which the 'innocent' character's failings are transferred to another character, and magnified. They often portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their control or understanding.

Hitchcock's films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy, and are known for their droll humour. Hitchcock and his family lived in a mountaintop estate high above Scotts Valley, California, from 1940 to 1972. While he began his directing career in London, he worked primarily in the United States beginning in 1939 and applied for U.S. Hitchcock was born and raised in London, England. Entertainment Weekly went so far as to give him the title of the greatest film director ever. Hitchcock was among the most consistently successful and publicly recognizable directors in the world during his lifetime, and remains one of the best known and most popular directors of all time, famous for his expert and largely unrivaled control of pace and suspense throughout his movies. He directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of talkies, to the colour era. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE ( Aug– April 29, 1980) was a highly influential British director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. Related subjects: Producers, directors and media figures Alfred Hitchcock

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