Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his Britsh citizenship.
Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, which said: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else.
Conventions that this clip conforms to include:
A flawed hero: The photographer with the broken leg
Location: Busy with the hustle and bustle of peoples flats
Voyeurism: The photographer sees into peoples private lives, possibly seeing things he shouldn't
Objectification of women: All the women in the clip seem to be running around doing things for the injured man.
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