Norman Jewison

Norman Frederick Jewison (July 21, 1926 – January 20, 2024) was a Canadian filmmaker. He was 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 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.

Born and raised in Toronto, Jewison began his career at CBC Television in the 1950s, moving to the United States later in the decade to work at NBC. He made his feature film debut in 1962, with the comedy ''40 Pounds of Trouble,'' and embarked on a motion picture directing career that spanned over 40 years. His notable films included ''The Cincinnati Kid'' (1965), ''The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' (1966), ''The Thomas Crown Affair'' (1968), ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (1973), ''Rollerball'' (1975), ''F.I.S.T.'' (1978), ''...And Justice for All'' (1979), ''A Soldier's Story'' (1984), ''Agnes of God'' (1985), and ''The Hurricane'' (1999).

In 1988, Jewison founded the Canadian Film Centre. In 2003, he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for his multiple contributions to the film industry in Canada. He was Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto, his alma mater, from 2004 until 2010. Provided by Wikipedia