Short answers, pulled from the story.
Alfred Hitchcock was born on the 13th of August 1899 in a flat above his parents' greengrocer shop in Leytonstone, Essex. He grew up in a strict Catholic household in what is now part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
When Alfred Hitchcock was five years old, his father sent him to a local police station to be locked up as punishment. The officer told him this is what we do to naughty boys, creating a lifelong phobia of law enforcement that influenced his films.
The film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog released in 1927 established Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a director who could control every aspect of a production. It is considered the first British thriller and introduced the concept of the Hitchcock blonde.
Alfred Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in June 1938 after sailing to New York aboard the RMS Queen Mary. His first American film was Rebecca released in 1940, which won Best Picture at the 13th Academy Awards.
Alfred Hitchcock produced the film Psycho on a tight budget of $800,000 in 1960. The film became the most profitable of his career, with him personally earning in excess of $15 million.
Alfred Hitchcock died of kidney failure on the 29th of April 1980 at his Bel Air home. His remains were scattered over the Pacific Ocean on the 10th of May after his funeral at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills.