Description: Alfred Hitchcock. Mini boxes for tiny treasures.
Measurement:  2in h
Interior Design: Bird and Knife (In homage to "The Birds" and "Psycho") Manufacturer: Harmony Ball
Material: Crushed Marble, with look and feel of antique ivory

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an iconic and highly influential director and producer who pioneered techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. After a substantial film career in his native Britain he moved to Hollywood and became an American citizen in 1956, although he also remained a British subject. He ultimately directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of talkies, to the color era. Hitchcock was among the most consistently successful and publicly recognizable world directors during his lifetime, and remains one of the best known and most popular of all time. Famous for his expert and largely unrivalled control of pace and suspense, Hitchcock's films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy, and are known for their droll humor. Hitchcock was born in 1899 in London, the second son and yougest of three children. His father was a grocer, and the family was strictly Roman Catholic. With an interest in math, he became an engineer after studying at St. Ignatius College in London and the University of London. He started his film career by designing title cards for movies and then became a writer and quickly an assistant director. His directing career began in the UK in the early 1920’s, but from 1939 he worked primarily in the U.S., directing such notable films as Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941), Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), Rope (1948), Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963). After 1945 he produced as well as directed virtually all his films. Hitchcock also edited several collections of short stories and produced two television series, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (1959-1962) and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” (1963-1965), on which he served as host. Rebecca was his only film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, although four others were nominated. He never won an Academy Award for Best Director, but he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in 1967. Hitchcock died peacefully in his sleep in 1980, the same year that he was knighted.