Directors of Thriller FilmsDone by Ryan Parsons

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock is a famous Thriller director who directed many films including Psycho (1960) and Vertigo (1958). Born in 1899 he grew up in London. In 1920 he begun his film career as an artist for the sets of films It was only after the director for Always Tell Your Wife (1923) fell ill and Hitchcock was named director to complete the film that he and Reville began to collaborate. Hitchcock had his first real crack at directing a film, start to finish, in 1923 when he was hired to direct the film Number 13 (1922) but was not complete due to the studio’s closure where he worked at. Hitchcock's first trademark film was the Lodger (1927). His success followed when he made several films in Britain such as The 39 Steps (1935), The lady vanishes (1938) and Jamaica Inn (1939).It was after the film Saboteur (1942) that his fame was completed, as his fame as a director grew, that films companies began to refer to his films like Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). On the 29th April 1980, 9:17AM, he died peacefully in his sleep due to renal failure. His funeral was held in the Church of Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.

Techniques used by Hitchcock

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY – A clip from Psycho. The shower scene which contains many methods of Hitchcock's methods which are famous-

• The use of Music- suspense,• Camera shots used - close up, mid shot, extreme close up• Editing- different range of shots show the different interpretations.

Quentin Tarantino

• Quentin Tarantino is another thriller director famous for films such as Pulp fiction (1994) and the Kill Bill series (2003-2004). In January of 1992, first-time writer-director Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) appeared at the Sundance Film Festival. The film garnered critical acclaim and the director became a legend immediately. Two years later, he followed up Dogs success with Pulp Fiction (1994) which premiered at the Cannes film festival, winning the coveted Palme D'Or Award. At the 1995 Academy Awards, it was nominated for the best picture, best director and best original screenplay. Tarantino and writing partner Roger Avary came away with the award only for best original screenplay. In 1995, Tarantino directed one fourth of the anthology Four Rooms (1995) with friends and fellow auteurs Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez and Allison Anders. The film opened on December 25th in the United States to very weak reviews. Tarantino's next film was From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a vampire/crime story which he wrote and co-starred with George Clooney. The film did fairly well theatrically.