> What's the only film directed by Alfred Hitchcock that won an Oscar for BestPicture?And the answer is: Rebecca. From the 1940 film Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock: Mrs. de Winter (left,Joan Fontaine) with Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson)Released in 1940, the romanticpsychological thriller stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, and receivedeleven Oscar nominations. It won two awards for Best Picture and BestCinematography, and is the only film directed by Hitchcock to win for BestPicture."Master of Suspense" Alfred Hitchcock directed over 50 feature films in a nearlysix decade career. As one of the most influential and extensively studiedfilmmakers, Hitchcock is known for a variety of titles in addition to thehighly-acclaimed thriller Rebecca, including The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 andagain in 1956), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).Today, the name Hitchcock tends to evoke several expectations in an audience:great chills, striking dark comedy, and eccentric characterization. According tointerviews with his actors, Hitchcock was often oblique with his direction,achieving his desired effect through subtle manipulation to his actors or thescene itself. However unconventional, the filmmaker's tendencies paid offhandsomely, leading many actors on to Oscar-winning performances. He even wentso far as to coin a "Hitchcockian" style, that includes the use of cameramovement to mimic a person's gaze, turning viewers into voyeurs, and framingshots to maximize anxiety and fear.Did you know?In at least 39 of his films, Hitchcock himself entered in the scene in a shortand often subtle cameo performance. As audience members began to pick up on theprankster director, Hitchcock began to have to structure the cameo early in thefilm as to avoid distraction from the plot. Watch the trailer for Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) below.