Alfred Hitchcock filmography Code which at the time limited such scenes to three seconds. In 1948, Hitchcock directed "Rope" which starred James Stewart. The film was his first in Technicolor and is remembered for its use of long takes to make the film appear to be a single continuous shot. Three years later he directed "Strangers on a Train" (1951). Hitchcock collaborated with Grace Kelly on three films: "Dial M for Murder" (1954), "Rear Window" (1954) and "To Catch a Thief" (1955). For "Rear Window", Hitchcock received a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards. 1955 marked his debut on television as
Alfred Hitchcock filmography the host of the anthology television series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" which he also produced. In 1958, Hitchcock directed the psychological thriller "Vertigo" starring Stewart and Kim Novak. The film topped the 2012 poll of the British film magazine "Sight & Sound" of the 50 Greatest Films of All Time and also topped the American Film Institute's Top Ten in the mystery genre. He followed this with the spy thriller "North by Northwest" (1959) which starred Grant and Eva Marie Saint. In 1960, he directed "Psycho", the biggest commercial success of his career and for which he received his fifth nomination