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Norman Frederick Jewison, film director and producer (b at Toronto 21 July 1926). Jewison has an international reputation as a filmmaker of talent and integrity. Though much of his career has been spent outside Canada, Jewison believes his Canadian perspective has brought an important objectivity to his work. He was a graduate of U of T and worked as an actor and writer for both the British and Canadian broadcasting corporations before moving on to direct live TV in Canada and the US.
In 1963 he directed his first film, Forty Pounds of Trouble, for Universal Pictures. Since that time, Jewison has maintained complete artistic control of all the films he has directed, and has, in most instances, functioned as both producer and director. These films include The Cincinnati Kid (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967; Academy Award for best picture), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), And Justice for All (1979), A Soldier's Story (1984), Agnes of God (1985) and Moonstruck (1987). In 1991 he directed and produced Other People's Money and then did Just in Time in 1994. The Hurricane (1999), his 25th film, stars Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a middleweight boxer falsely accused of a triple murder. Jewison has also produced a number of films that he did not direct, such as The Landlord (1969), Dogs of War (1980) and The Iceman (1983). In all his work, Jewison has attempted, with frequent success, to balance popular appeal and serious social comment. Jewison moved back to Canada in the late 1970s, with the desire to make a significant contribution to Canadian filmmaking. In 1988 he founded the CANADIAN FILM CENTRE, a training centre that offers new filmmakers courses on directing, producing and scriptwriting. Jewison has received many honours and awards during his career. In June 1986 he was honoured with a retrospective of his career at the Vancouver Film Festival. In 1981 he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada and in 1991 was promoted to the rank of Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1992 he received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for lifetime achievement and, in 1999, the Academy of Motion Pictures awarded him the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in honour of the production standards he has maintained throughout his career.
 Jewison, NormanJewison has had an international career but claims that his Canadian perspective has given him an important objectivity (photo by Taffi Rosen).
Author
KAREN LAURENCE
Links to Other Sites
Norman Jewison Archive
The wesite for the Norman Jewison Archive at Victoria University, the University of Toronto. Offers a biography of Norman Jewison and details about the collection of images, documents and related material.
Screen Legends: Behind the Scenes
Click on their images on the right side of the page to see a video vignette devoted to each filmmaker. Part of the Screen Legends series from Historica.
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