Q: Though he is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of the twentieth century, this director of fifty-three feature films failed to win any of the five Best Director Oscars® for which he was nominated. Who was he?

A: Alfred Hitchcock

Although Oscar eluded him, Alfred Hitchcock won the hearts of film critics, scholars, and avid movie fans. Hitchcock (2012), a film adaptation of Stephen Rebello's Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho explores the man, his masterpiece, and his indominatable wife, Alma.