Norman Jewison
Canadian film director, producer and actor (1926-2024) · Canada · On the map · Directors · Died at 97
Norman Frederick Jewison was a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for directing films which addressed topical social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences.
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterFilm2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolFilm2003Governor General's Performing Arts AwardAward
The StatementFilm, 2003Director, Producer1999Irving G. Thalberg Memorial AwardAward1998Canada's Walk of FameAward
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnFilm, 19981995
Picture WindowsSeries, Director
Dance Me OutsideFilm, 1995Producer1994
Inside the Actors StudioSeries1991
Other People's MoneyFilm, Director, Producer1988Silver Bear for Best DirectorAward1985
Agnes of GodFilm, Director, Producer1982
Best FriendsFilm, Director, Producer1978
F.I.S.T.Film, Director, Writer1973
Jesus Christ SuperstarFilm, Director, Writer1971Film '72Series1970
The LandlordFilm, Producer1966
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!Film, Director, Producer1964
Send Me No FlowersFilm, Director1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1959The Big PartySeries, Director1953
The OscarsSeries1949
Canadian PacificFilm, Joe Podge (uncredited)1926Born21 July 1926People around Norman
Close ties
Rod Steiger Norman directed In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Carl Reiner Norman directed The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Edward Andrews Norman directed Send Me No Flowers (1964)- Walter Mirisch Also in The Thomas Crown Affair and The Landlord
Brian Keith Norman produced The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Peter Brocco Norman produced Other People's Money (1991)- Larry D. Mann Norman directed In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Denzel Washington Norman directed The Hurricane (2000)
Doris Day Norman directed Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Gregory Peck Norman produced Other People's Money (1991)
Steve McQueen Norman produced The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
James Garner Norman directed The Art of Love (1965)
Lee Grant Norman directed In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Danny Aiello Norman directed Moonstruck (1988)
Beau Bridges Norman produced The Landlord (1975)
Jack Warden Norman produced ...And Justice for All (1979)
Barry Dennen Norman produced Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Jack Weston Norman produced The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Bess Flowers Norman directed 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
Ross Hunter Produced The Thrill of It All (1963)
Shane Rimmer Norman produced Rollerball and The Dogs of War
Al Waxman Norman produced The Hurricane (2000)
Burt Mustin Norman directed The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Mo Gaffney Norman produced Other People's Money (1991)
Known for
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Fiddler on the Roof 1971
In the Heat of the Night 1967
The Hurricane 1999
...And Justice for All 1979
Jesus Christ Superstar 1973
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
109 credits on file
Television 6
Media & music
Photos 9
From left to right: Chaim Topol, Lex Goudsmit and Jewison in 1971
Clint Eastwood with Jewison in 1987
Jewison in 1987
Jewison, Eva Marie Saint and Carl Reiner in 2009
Jewison at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011
Jewison at a CFC Garden Party in 2012
Jewison and wife Lynne St. David-Jewison in September 2016Awards
About this person
Among numerous other accolades, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times in three separate decades, for In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and Moonstruck (1987). He was nominated for an additional four Oscars, three Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, and won a BAFTA Award. He received the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1999.
