Unit+8+Directors+and+Key+People




 * Alfred Hitchcock:** (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) Known as "The Master of Suspense", Hitchcock directed films such as //Vertigo//, //Rear Window, Psycho, The Birds, and Dial M for Murder.// He also had a television series called "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" that had 30 minute to one hour long mystery programs. he was an English film director and producer. After becoming successful in Britain, he moved to the US in April of 1955. He pioneered many techniques like using a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze. His films usually consist of a fugitive on the run with a beautiful woman alongside. Many of his films had twist-endings and he aslo made small appearances in his films.


 * James Stewart -**A film and stage actor that was extremely know for his persona and his distinctive voice. He starred in many films, including 'You Cant Take it With You" and "It Happened One Night', and was nominated for five Academy Awards winning one for competition and won one Lifetime Achievement Award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.


 * Grace Kelly-** (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) Was an American actress who stared in films such as: //Rear Window, Dial M For Murder, High Noon,// and many more. Before she became a star, she appeared on many live drama broadcasts and in New York theatrical productions. With the release of //Mogambo// in 1953, Grace Kelly became a star and was well-known. In 1954, she received a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination which led to her receiving leading roles in five films. In //The Country Girl//, she performed her best and gave an Academy Award-winning performance. She retired at 26, so her acting career only lasted around 7 years due to her duties in Monaco. On the bright side, Grace Kelly was ranked No.13 by the American Film Institute as one of the top female stars of American cinema in 1999. After her acting career, she went on to marry Rainer III, Prince of Monaco. She died September 14, 1982 from a car accident in Monaco.



such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the co-founders ofDreamWorks movie studio.
 * Steven Spielberg****-** is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing


 * Henri-Georges Clouzot -** French director, he was inspired by Fritz Lang and F. W. Murnau and the German expressionist style to direct his first film, //La Terreur des Batignolles.// He later directed //Le Dernier de Six// (Six Dead Men). For his directing, most of his styles involves violent deaths, deception, and betrayal. His screenplays would often have only key points of the original story, as he often changes stories dramatically for effect. He is well known for his thriller films, and most notoriously for his documentary films as well (i.e. //The Mystery of Picasso//).


 * Cary Grant-** An English-American actor, he was considered one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. Grant was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute, and was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor and five times for the Gloden Globe Award for Best Actor. Grant was also given an Honorary Oscar in 1970. Cary Grant acted in a few comedies but most of his films were dramas including //North by Northwest// (1959).


 * Audrey Hepburn-** Was a cosmopolitan from birth as her father was an English banker and her mother a Dutch baroness. In the movies she appeared as a delicate adolescent, a look which remained until her last movie Always directed by Steven Spielberg. Her career as actress began in the English cinema and after having been selected for Broadway. She starred in Wait Until Dark, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and My Fair Lady, along with many other films.