Famous Thriller Directors

Alfred Hitchcock:
Without a doubt the master of suspense, of the Elvis Presley of the thriller genre. His films include many famous and recognisable names such as:

The Birds
North by Northwest
Vertigo
The 39 Steps
Psycho
The Lady Vanishes

If you were to watch just one of the films listed here you would realise just how talented Mr Hitchcock was, each film has exciting and experimental new camera angles in it. Film directors to this day are still pinching all the camera angles hitchcock himself invented years and years before them. A good example of this would be the 'dolly zoom' camera technique Hitchcock first used in his film 'vertigo' this effect is achieved by moving the camera away from a object or scene and zooming in at the same time.

Steven Spielberg:
A very respectable and talented director it must be said, although Mr Spielberg was heavily influenced by Hitchcock which becomes apparent when you realised he used Hitchcocks dolly zoom we dicussed earlier in his film Jaws.

However unlike Hitchcock, Speilbergs thrillers are set in a plethora of different settings, for instance Duel was set at the time it was made on a lonely road in the dessert. Minority Report on the other hand was set in the future. Showing just how diverse Spielbergs films are.

Here are some of Steven Speilbergs Thrillers:

Munich
Catch Me If You Can
Minority Report
Jaws
Duel
The Sugarland Express

Here is the trailer for 'Duel' my favorite Speilberg film, just by watching the trailer you feel tense and on edge