Master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock directed more than 50 films, including The 39 Steps (1935), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963). His weekly television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents ran from 1955 for ten years. Hitchcock received many honors during his lifetime, including five Oscar nominations as best director, the Irving G. Thalberg memorial award at the Academy Awards, the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Emmy awards. Born in England, in 1955 he became an American citizen. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in the last year of his life.