After that I was hooked, and he is one of my inspirations for filmmaking.
Answer: I was introduced to the work of Alfred Hitchcock at an early age watching TV and seeing his movies. Then I saw his TV show in reruns. And I read his YA book series in grade school — yes, there is one; it's called "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators," about teenage sleuths with their own agency. After that I was hooked, and he is one of my inspirations for filmmaking.