1.	Edgar Allan Poe

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2.	Alfred Hitchcock

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"ALFRED HITCHCOCK (1899 in London, in England – 1918 in America in Los Angeles, in Bel Air)
English-born motion-picture director whose suspenseful films won him great popularity. His father was a poultry dealer (drůbeží obchodník). He was educated in St. Ignacus College in London and in The University of London – engineering. In 1920 he started working in the motion picture industry.

He designed card for film star

Later he made his way to scenario writer and director. In 1925 he directed his first film “The Pleasure Garden”, in 1926 “The Lodger”. In 1936 he left England for Hollywood, where he made his first film “Rebecca”. He won an Academy Award for best film in 1940. In the next 30 years he made a film a year.

His films are usually about murders or espionage with mistaken identities and a complicated plot. He used maintain suspense, excellent camera techniques + effective soundtrack music. He understood human psychology very well. He received American Film Institutes Life Achievement Award in 1979.

Famous works:

The Birds
Rebecca
The 39 Steps
Psycho
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Dial M for Murder
Vertigo
Tepaz
Strangers on a Train"