10 Things You Don't Know About Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most well-known and influential filmmakers since the invention of the medium... So we did some digging and found 10 facts you probably don't know about the master of suspense!

0:00 - Alfred Hitchcock
0:23 - The Mountain Eagle
1:02 - The First British Talkie - Blackmail
1:47 - Alma Reville
2:49 - Dial M for Murder - 3D
3:40 - Rear Window's Sound
4:31 - 50% off Filmmaker Assets
5:06 - Hitchcock's Musical
5:25 - The Greatest Documentary Never Made
6:15 - Hitch and the Encyclopedia
6:37 - Banned from Disney
7:10 - How Many Oscars did Hitch win?

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[coyotestudios]

Alfred Hitchcock…..The King of plot twists! His films inspire me to make my own films. Something so few directors do today…..

[MichaelHeide]

I knew most of these, but Waltzes from Vienna is one of my blind spots. Thanks for the link.

And speaking of the pianist in Rear Window, my favorite fact about him is that he is played by Ross Bagdasarian, before he invented Alvin and the Chipmunks.

[rileycopeland]

"... And don't forget to write, shoot, edit, repeat".... My favorite part of every Film Riot video.

[kavikabi]

Hi Ryan im from Malaysia, I been following you for many long years and learning many tutorials from you and your team... and now talking about Great Filmmakers, i love it man, firstly you talked about Spieldberg and now Hitchcock, keep on educating the world and keep on giving us great stuff... Big Respect man. Never Give up on your Film Riot.

[davidhull]

For once the title of this video was accurate. Usually these “10 things you didn’t know” videos are pretty trite repetitions of facts that are known to people who are interested in films, ie the people most likely to watch this. But this one went a bit deeper, and I learned some new things about Hitchcock. Thanks.

[whenthepicturesgotbigger]

There’s not a month that goes by where I haven’t rewatched a Hitchcock film! I make video essays and I am so excited to make one for Hitchcock — one of my all-time favorite filmmakers.

[DavidJReidOFFICIAL]

Ive read a few books on him including Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light and I learnt something today. Thank you

[rodneylopez]

My favorite fact about Hitchcock is after seeing Mel Brooks' parody of his work, High Anxiety, (which I think he gave Brooks permission to do) Hitchcock was so impressed he sent Brooks a case of champagne!

[creepofreek]

Psycho remains one of my favorite Horror movies. The suspense is there through out the whole movie.

[johnclay]

informative fact about the master of suspense and a master filmmaker.

[VideoFlightFilms]

i dont think film riot will ever stop talking about Alfred Hitchcock

[barrylevy]

Excellent information! Your commitment to providing us with great content, creativity and a truly professional product is greatly appreciated!

[IamAndreaJesse]

I'm with you re: Dial M for Murder. The casting of Ray Milland and Grace Kelly was perfect. And that big finger on the phone - loved it! Knowing the lengths that Hitch went to for that makes me respect his artistry. I had the pleasure of seeing the film in 3D at the Castro Theater in San Francisco many years ago.

[DethronerX]

Didnt know about a lot of those facts and some of the movies. I loved his Alfred Hitchcock Presents series. I didnt see all of it, but a lot of them and in the 90s, they used to air the remade color version.

[MrTBoneSF]

I wonder if that quote from Disney was something of a PR thing because immediately after Psycho's release there was a bit a smear campaign by critics calling Psycho "obscene"- even though many of those same critics changed their tune by the end of the year and put it on their Top 10 lists. Either Disney's "outrage" was all an act for his squeaky clean public image or they buried the hatchet pretty quickly because Disney famously loaned out their proprietary state of the art optical compositing system to Hitchcock for his next film, The Birds.

[ronaldwilson]

Alfred Hitchcock's largest payday came from the film Psycho. He deferred his salary in exchange for 60% of the movie's profits. This resulted in an estimated $15 million payday, which adjusted for inflation is around $120 million today.

[Bullitt]

do more of these recreation of hitchcock scenes. color grading, lighting etc...

[alanbritton]

This is one fact no one knows…
Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, East London and lived on Leytonstone Highroad. Five minutes from where my mum lived.
Leytonstone Highroad Underground station (London Transport), features murals of scenes from all(?) of his films (created by the Greenwich Mural Workshop).

[SkyCrystalized]

Hello i am from Botswana and i been watching you tutorials for a while and learning from you guys now i want know if you guys can do the Effects from HIGHER POWER movie PLEASE.?

[grantvetters]

Excellent! Well done! Loved all the interesting tidbits on Hitchcock.

Has Spielberg been done to death that there is nothing more to do on him?