Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

Directed by Laurent Bouzereau, Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail explores Alfred Hitchcock’s formative years in British cinema during the 1920s and 1930s, using archive material and film extracts to trace the development of his distinctive filmmaking style. The documentary focuses particularly on Blackmail, one of Britain’s earliest sound films and a pivotal work in Hitchcock’s career.

This documentary was screened at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, France, in 2024.