It is nearly impossible to begin a conversation about the film genres of suspense and psychological thrillers without returning to one of the earliest and most widely influential master of the genres, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock. Hitchcock, also lovingly referred to as Hitch or ‘Master of Suspense’ was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1980 after a career spanning nearly six decades and more than fifty feature films. Many magazines, organizations, filmmakers, critics and entertainment professionals have called him one of the most significant filmmakers of all time and that honor continues to this day.
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It is nearly impossible to begin a conversation about the film genres of suspense and psychological thrillers without returning to one of the earliest and most widely influential master of the genres, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock. Hitchcock, also lovingly referred to as Hitch or ‘Master of Suspense’ was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1980 after a career spanning nearly six decades and more than fifty feature films. Many magazines, organizations, filmmakers, critics and entertainment professionals have called him one of the most significant filmmakers of all time and that honor continues to this day.
Full Article at: http://rorydean.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/sir-alfred-joseph-hitchcock-the-knight-commander/