Alfred Hitchcock was known to his audiences as the "Master of Suspense" and what Hitchcock mastered was not only the art of making films but also the task of taming his own raging imagination. (“ “ ” ” ) Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, in London, England. He was the son of William Hitchcock, a grocer, and his wife Emma. Hitchcock studied engineering at St. Ignatius College, a Jesuit school in London, and later took art courses at the …showed first 75 words of 426 total…

…showed last 75 words of 426 total…and Psycho (1960) would be most appreciated during his lifetime. Hitchcock, who never won an Oscar for Best Director, was nominated five times in that category, for Rebecca in 1940, Lifeboat in 1944, Spellbound in 1945, Rear Window in 1954, and Psycho in 1960. In addition to his Best Picture Oscar for Rebecca, which he also produced, Hitchcock was awarded the 1967 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his contributions as a producer.