Directors of thrillers

ALFRED HITCHCOCK:

Alfred Hitchcock is an all-time famous director of 'thriller' and produced movies such as 'Physco', 'Vertigo', 'Strangers On a Train' ( the beginning of which I analysed!) and many, many more. He is ranked as the best director of the thriller genre: http://movies.toptenreviews.com/directors/reviews/d18440.htm

Hitchcock's successful screen thrillers earned him the nickname of "Master of Suspense" and is considered as one of the greatest film directors in the history of cinema. He started out in British productions as a title and set designer, working his way up to the position of screenwriter and director by the mid 1920's.

To Hitchcock's tribute, there are a number of Hitchcock-like thrillers from other notable directors. All films serve up thrilling tales of terror, intrigue, menace, revenge, obsession, and insanity.

What about now? CAN ANYONE EVER TOP THE HITCHCOCK?

No, but they can come close...

STEVEN SPIELBERG

Steven Spielberg has directed many of the top-grossing films in Hollywood history, and is still alive and directing films today! His career spans over 4 decades, but out of the 3 box office records he achieved, 2 were thrillers; 'Jaws' and 'Jurassic Park'. Spielberg has won 2 Academy Awards for Best Director (I'm guessing he'd like to say so far..) for 'Schindlers List' and 'Saving Private Ryan', which come under the thriller genre.

hmm, so that's one great dead director, and one great alive director, I feel we have some competition!

Both directors Hitchcock and Spielberg produced outstanding thriller movies but both in very different concepts. 'Physco' by Hitchcock was a very mind playing film full of suspense, whereas Spielberg's 'Jaws' was very physical and action packed. Through research I have found out how such varied films can be in the same genre; through sub-genres. These are good examples of how the same genre can be completely different and yet still thrill the world on their cinema seats.

After researching these two directors, I think our directing style is more like Hitchcocks as we played more with the mind and the phsycological aspects with suspense filled flashbacks rather than full of action.