Alfred
Hitchcock
One of
the most celebrated innovations of the twentieth century was the art of movie
making. It was properly named the 7th art, which continues to this
day in its original form and variations, whether on the wide screen or on a
computer, television, or even on a cell phone monitor. Acting is an old
profession, but having it accessible and watching it whenever or wherever one
desires is what movie, film, and clip technology have brought to us. A movie
director is the brain behind the film. Checking the history of movie making
from the beginning, we don’t know the first director, as it started in several
countries and spread out to the rest of the world rapidly. However, we know of famous
movie directors at the time that a motion picture was in its infancy. The most
known movie directors of all times are those who pioneered many of the movie
making standards, such as D.W. Griffith and Fritz Lang. Many of the techniques of
cinema and the art of movie making were as a result of innovations by these
two, and some other internationally known movie makers of the time such as Sergei Eisenstein of Russia, Lumières brothers of France (who invented the art) and
Alfred Hitchcock of England, to name a few.
However, Hollywood’s fame is indebted to some early movie makers, such as Fritz
Lang who started in Germany, and the British born genius Charlie Chaplin, whose
films still bring smile to viewers’ lips. However, when one speaks of suspense
in movies, the name that comes to mind is Hitchcock.
