Sir Alfred Hitchcock

British director famous for his dark, voyeuristic suspense films. He is best known for Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954), North by Northwest (1959) and Psycho (1960). Though revered by cinephiles and other directors, Hitchcock never won an Academy Award.

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