Alfred Hitchcock was a British film director who emigrated to the United States in the late 1930s. He was noted for his films of suspense, beginning in the silent era and extending through the development of sound and into the television era. He was born in 1899 in London. His father was a poultry dealer and fruit importer. Hitchcock was educated at the Jesuits’ Saint Ignatius College. He also attended the School of Engineering and Navigation at the University of London, where he studied mechanics, electricity, acoustics, and navigation. His first job was as an estimator for the Henley Telegraph Company; he was nineteen. In the evenings he studied art at the University of London and soon transferred to the advertising department of the electric cable manufacturer to design ads for cables. His interest in the growing film industry led to his submission of a …