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Norman Jewison

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. 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 t…

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Born 21 July 1926 · Died 20 January 2024 · Q309214

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Awarded Governor General's Performing Arts Award (2003).
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Awarded Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1999).
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2026· 1 entry

Jul 23, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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2024· 10 entries

Jan 25, 2024Documented record69% confidence

Chicago Tribune: In appreciation: From director Norman Jewison, 10 to watch from ‘In the Heat of the Night’ to ‘The Hurricane’

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Jan 24, 2024Documented record69% confidence

Vulture: Norman Jewison Could (and Did) Do It All

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Jan 23, 2024Documented record69% confidence

FilmBook: Remembering Norman Jewison, the Director of Cher’s Oscar-Winning Performance in MOONSTRUCK

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Jan 22, 2024Documented record69% confidence

New York Daily News: Norman Jewison, director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dies at 97

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Jan 22, 2024Documented record69% confidence

San Diego Union-Tribune: Norman Jewison, the acclaimed director of ‘Moonstruck,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ dies at 97

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Jan 22, 2024Documented record69% confidence

San Diego Union-Tribune: Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dead at 97

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Jan 22, 2024Documented record69% confidence

New York Post: Norman Jewison, director of ‘Moonstruck’ and ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ dead at 97

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Jan 22, 2024Documented record69% confidence

WUWM: Director Norman Jewison, known for 'Moonstruck' and 'Fiddler on the Roof,' dies at 97

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Jan 22, 2024Documented record69% confidence

9NEWS: Norman Jewison, 'Moonstruck' and 'In the Heat of the Night' Director, Dead at 97

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Jan 20, 2024Documented record86% confidence

Died 2024-01-20.

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2023· 1 entry

2023Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The Hazelton Hotel named its screening room after him

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2014· 1 entry

2014Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

To Graeme Manson and John Fawcett (Orphan Black) in 2015, and to Don McKellar (The Red Violin, Highway 61) in 2016

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2011· 1 entry

2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

The program began in September 2011, welcoming fewer than 30 select students into Norman Jewison Stream for Imagination and the Arts.

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2004· 1 entry

Nov 26, 2004Documented record66% confidence

The day following her 74th birthday, in Orangeville, Ontario, from cancer

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2003· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2003Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Governor General's Performing Arts Award (2003).

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2003Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for his multiple contributions to the film industry in Canada

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2001· 1 entry

2001Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

City of Toronto honored Jewison by naming Norman Jewison Park across the street in his honor

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1999· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1999Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1999).

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1999Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Directed the HBO television movie Dinner with Friends starring Andie MacDowell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Dennis Quaid

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1999Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Jewison's work was recognised by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when he was given the Irving G

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1998· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1998Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (1998).

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1988· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1988Documented record84% confidence

Earned Silver Bear for Best Director for Moonstruck (1988).

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1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Jewison founded the Canadian Film Centre

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1986· 2 entries

1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Then discontinued the agreement with film producer Columbia Pictures, citing the behaviour of British filmmaker and head of production David Puttnam

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1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Which opened two years later as an advanced film school on Windfields Estate in Toronto, Ontario

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1978· 1 entry

1978Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Jewison returned to Canada, settling in the Caledon area in Ontario and establishing a farm that produced prizewinning cattle, as well as maple syrup

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1966· 1 entry

1966Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

By a satire on Cold War paranoia, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; it was the first film Jewison also produced, and it was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture

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1963· 1 entry

1963Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And co-starring James Garner, and Send Me No Flowers, released in 1964 and co-starring Rock Hudson

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1962· 1 entry

1962Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With the comedy 40 Pounds of Trouble, and embarked on a motion picture directing career that spanned over 40 years

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1961· 1 entry

1961Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Which included Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and led to a weekly show that Jewison was later called in to direct

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1958· 1 entry

1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Jewison was recruited to work for NBC in New York, where his first assignment was Your Hit Parade, followed by The Andy Williams Show

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1953· 2 entries

1953Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Married Margaret Ann "Dixie" Dixon, a former model

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1953Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Norman Jewison and Margaret Ann Dixon married on July 11, 1953.

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1926· 1 entry

Jul 21, 1926Documented record86% confidence

Born 1926-07-21.

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