Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in the East of London area of Leytonstone on 13 August 1899, the youngest son of a mildly prosperous poultry dealer and fruit emporter.
His brother William was nine years older and his sister, Nellie, seven years older.The family was Catholic and Alfred was enrolled at a Jesuit school, London's St.Ignatius College, at a young age. He latter attended the school of Engineering and Navigation, studying Mechanics, Electricity, Acoustic and Navigation. He did not excell at school and after the end of WWI he got his first job as technical estimator of electric cables for a telegraph Company. At the same time, he was taking courses in art and design at the University of London and soon he was transfered to the advertising department as sketch artist.

In 1920, Alfred entered the film industry as a designer of titles for the newly formed London Branch of Hollywood's Famous Players- Lasky (to become later Paramount).
Before long he was the head of the title department, working closely with the screenwriters of the editorial department. Occasionally he was even permitted to direct some unimportant scenes. In 1922 the studios in Islington, were taken over by British companies and Hitchcok soon took over the functions of screenwriter and assistant director. In 1925 he directed his first film," The Pleasure Garden"
In December 1926 he married Alma Reville, a script girl and film editor who had been working with him for several years. Hitchcok had already acquired the portly figure that would be his characteristic.
Alma would collaborate with him as screenwriter on many of his film. They had a daughter, Patricia, born in 1928.
The Private life of Hitchcock from now on is as uneventful as his career is full of excitement.
He and Alma, and later their daughter Patricia as she grew up, were inseparable and a happy family until his death.

Hitchcock, Alma Reville on the set of Hitchcock's second film "The Mountain Eagle" (1926). Behind, two technicians.

1961~ Alfred and wife Alma

(1951) Alfred with daughter Patricia.

Alma suffered a stroke during the shooting of "Frenzy" but recovered well. The director's health began to fail and in 1972 he had a pacemaker inserted, and the two were now grandparents and old age was taking its toll, with Hitchcock suffering badly from arthritis.
On January 3,1980 Alfred Hitchcock became Sir Alfred Hitchcock, and was knighted by the British Consul General on a sound stage at Universal Studios. It was to be his last public appearence before death came to him quietly on the morning of April 29, 1980. His beloved Alma survived him only two years, and on her death the Hitchcock estate ( around 20 million pounds) went in its entirety to their only daughter Patricia.