Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock, “Master of Suspense”, one of the most iconic filmmakers of all time and synonymous with the thriller genre. Notable films include “Vertigo” (1958), “Psycho” (1960), “The Birds” (1963), “North by Northwest” (1959), “Dial M for Murder”, “To Catch a Thief”, and my all-time favourite, “Rear Window” (1954). If you haven’t seen any of these, shame on you. 
Often associated with big-time Hollywood film, Hitchcock is not American but English, 
For all of his accomplishments, he never won an Oscar for Best Director.
One of his early Hollywood films was 1940’s “Rebecca”, nominated for 11 Academy Awards and which won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Modern-day director M.Night Shyamlyan took a leaf from Hitchcock’s book by making subtle, and sometimes not-so-subtle cameo’s in his own films. Hitchcock started the trend with 1927’s “The Lodger”. Interesting fact: His Oscar acceptance speech for the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (awarded for a body of work that exemplifies a high standard of quality in motion picture production) was only five words long: “Thank you very much indeed”. That was it.