Norman Jewison
Known for: Directing
Born: July 21, 1926
Died: January 20, 2024
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
78 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
6.7
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
202410.0
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
6.0
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
2022
6.3
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
7.4
Sid & Judy
2019NR
Style and Substance: Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby
2019
6.6
Hal
2019
NR
The River of My Dreams
2017
7.0
Superstars: The Documentary
2015NR
Making of The Russians are Coming
2015
6.1
I Am Steve McQueen
2014
6.9
Pablo
2012NR
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
NR
A Special Kind of Love
2008
NR
A Love Story of Today
2008
NR
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
2008
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Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's
2008
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Private Screenings: Norman Jewison
2007
6.0
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
5.9
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
6.2
Tell Them Who You Are
20047.3
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004
8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
5.7
The Statement
2003
7.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
20028.0
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
5.8
Dinner with Friends
2001
8.6
Walter and Henry
2001
7.7
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
2000
6.7
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
6.7
Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
2000
10.0
Funny Is Money
1999
7.4
The Hurricane
1999
3.9
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
3.0
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
5.8
Bogus
1996
4.8
The Stupids
1996
10.0
Picture Windows
1995
7.0
Picture Windows: Soir Bleu
1995
10.0
Picture Windows: Language of the Heart
1995
10.0
Picture Windows: Armed Response
1995
6.6
Dance Me Outside
1995
8.0
Picture Windows: Song of Songs
1994
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Inside the Actors Studio
1994
6.7
Only You
1994
6.8
Geronimo
1993
6.1
Other People's Money
1991
6.8
Highway 61
1991
7.0
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
5.6
In Country
1989
5.0
The January Man
1989
6.8
Moonstruck
1987
6.3
Agnes of God
1985
6.8
A Soldier's Story
1984
6.2
Iceman
1984
5.3
Best Friends
1982
5.8
The Dogs of War
1980
7.1
...And Justice for All
1979
6.5
F.I.S.T.
1978
6.3
Rollerball
19759.0
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
1975
5.8
Billy Two Hats
1974
7.1
Jesus Christ Superstar
19735.1
Film '72
1971
7.7
Fiddler on the Roof
1971
7.0
Norman Jewison, Film Maker
1971
6.0
The Landlord
1970
4.3
Gaily, Gaily
1969
6.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
7.7
In the Heat of the Night
1967
6.5
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
5.5
The Art of Love
1965
6.8
Send Me No Flowers
1964
7.1
The Thrill of It All
1963
5.5
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
9.5
The Judy Garland Show
1962
NR
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
19628.0
The Million Dollar Incident
1961
6.0
The Fabulous Fifties
1960NR
The Big Party
1959
7.0
The Oscars
1953
5.2
Canadian Pacific
1949