Name
Norman Jewison
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1926-07-21
Deathday
2024-01-20 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (July 21, 1926 - January 20, 2024) was a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.
Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Moonstruck (1987), The Hurricane (1999) and The Statement (2003). Jewison addressed important social and political issues throughout his directing and producing career, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences.
Known For
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The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the peop...
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37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and ...
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In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a ch...
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As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the per...
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An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to d...
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In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside ...
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Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a ...
- 2012 Pablo as Self
- 2022 Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen as self
- 1998 Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 2022 Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self - Interviewee
- 2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self
- 2008 Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
- 1990 Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self
- 2000 The Man on Lincoln's Nose as Self
- 2014 I Am Steve McQueen as Self
- 2017 The River of My Dreams
- 2019 Hal as Self
- 1996 The Stupids as TV Director
- 2004 Judy Garland: By Myself as Self - Executive Producer (voice)
- 2004 Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- 2008 Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound as Self
- 2008 Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's as Self
- 2004 Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing as Self
- 2019 Sid & Judy as Self (voice)
- 1971 Norman Jewison, Film Maker as Self
- 2006 Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family as Self
- 1970 The Landlord as Wedding Guest in Opening Shot (uncredited)
- 2019 Style and Substance: Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby
- 1975 From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
- 2000 Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
- 2008 A Love Story of Today as Self
- 2008 A Special Kind of Love as Self
- 2000 Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
- 1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as Self (uncredited)
- 2015 Making of The Russians are Coming
- 2015 Superstars: The Documentary
- 2021 Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
- 1949 Canadian Pacific as Joe Podge (uncredited)
- 2024 Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand as Self
- 2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
- 2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited)
- 1973 Jesus Christ Superstar as Man (voice) (uncredited)
- 1994 A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Film '72 ( 2 episodes ) as Self
