Alfred Hitchcock the greatest ever director?

This week in media we learnt about the famous director Alfred Hitchcock and learnt about his famous work. He is known for making famous films such as Shadow of Doubt and Rebecca which won an oscar for best film. Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone in 1889 and started directing British movies he was the first director to make a British film with sound which was called Blackmail in 1929. Hitchcock began to make successful British movies and would lead to him getting the chance to go to Hollywood to become even more popular and make successful Hollywood films. His first American film was Rebecca in 1940 which one an Oscar for best picture. Hitchcock would go on to make popular films in the 1940s such as Shadow of a Doubt and Mr and Mrs Smith. His film Shadow of a Doubt, according to Hitchcock was his personal favourite. Hitchcock also made famous films such as Physco in 1960 which he was nominated for best director his film physo is considered by many as one of his best films. Hitchcock work as become so popular that 6 of his films have been in the National Film Registry (Vertigo, Rear Window,North by Northwest, Notorious and Shadow of a Doubt). His films Shadow of a Doubt and Notorious were also in 1998's AFI's 100 best American films and the AFI's 2007 update. In 2008, four of Hitchcock's films were named among the ten best mystery films of all time in the AFI's 10 Top 10. Those films are Vertigo (at No. 1); Rear Window (No. 3); North by Northwest (No. 7); and Dial M for Murder(No. 9). Hitchcocks film Vertigo was famous for bening the first film to have a reverse zoom shot. Hitchcock is known for making many cameos in his Hollywood films. Hitchcock died in 1980 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California and remains one of the best-known and most popular filmmakers of all time.