Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13th August 1899, in London, England, UK and died on the 29th April 1980 in Los Angeles, USA. He was an iconic film director, screenwriter and producer, in particular a pioneer of the psychological and suspense thriller genres. Hitchcock was nominated for various awards 67 times, 32 of them won, including the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, American Film Institute Award, British Academy Film Award, Directors Guild of America Award among many others. The director also has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Moreover, Hitchcock was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. He was active in the entertainment industry from 1919 to 1980.
How rich was the legendary director, screenwriter and producer? Authoritative sources have estimated that the outright size of Alfred Hitchcock’s net worth was as much as $10 million.
Alfred Hitchcock Net Worth $10 Million
To begin with, he started his working life as a draftsman, then in 1920 from British silent film labels he drew for Famous-Players Lasky’s London office/studio. He soon became a mix of screenwriter, art director, and assistant director on a series of films for director Graham Cutts. In 1922, he started his first film “Number Thirteen”, but never finished. His first release was the short film “Always Tell Your Wife” (1923). In 1925, the enterprise completed the first self-recorded film “The Pleasure Garden”. The first masterpiece “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” was released in 1927. Alfred himself regarded this film as the first true “Hitchcock film”. The above mentioned film introduced topics that would run through Hitchcock’s works later: the fetishistic sexuality as well as the innocent man on the run, hunted down by a self-righteous society. His first sound film, “Blackmail” was released in 1929, with the director becoming recognized as he took advantage of the inherent tension-prone voice technology options. His net worth was rising.
In 1934, the film “The Man Who Knew Too Much” achieved success overseas – the 1956 remake version of the same film was, according to the director a professional artwork, while the first was a piece of talented amateur works. In 1938, “ The Lady Vanishes” was recognized as the best picture of the year.
In 1939, Hitchcock was growing, and he moved to the USA. He liked the American style, and learned the basics of film-making in a US company – it was not a coincidence that in the USA he prepared his greatest masterpieces. From the 1940s onwards, Hitchcock returned to his favourite genre, the espionage and thriller. He directed the film “Spellbound” (1945) which presents an interesting method of psychoanalysis. After two failures with “Under Capricorn”(1949) and “Stage Fright”(1950) he came back again with an ambitious film; “Dial M for Murder” (1954) was the first film with Grace Kelly, with whom he collaborated later. The works he created in the 1950s and 1960s are considered the best known and are regarded to be the best, including “Rear Window” (1954), “Vertigo” (1958), “North by Northwest” (1959), “Psycho” (1960) and “The Birds” (1963). “Psycho’s” famous shower scene was filmed over seven days and 70 different camera angles used. His films often depict everyday people who are stuck in their incomprehensible or uncontrollable circumstances. Another common theme is the man who is guilty. Films of fear and fantasy are added to characteristic humour.
Hitchcock was involved in over 80 films and TV productions over a period of more than 60 years, many as the director in which role he was regarded as the absolute best of the genre. To emphasise his supposed dark sense of humour, he often made brief cameo appearances in his films – for example, he was the dead body floating by….
Finally, in the personal life of the iconic film-maker, he married Alma Reville in 1926, and they were together until his passing at the age of 81 in April 1980; his body was cremated.. They had one child, Pat Hitchcock.
