Norman Jewison
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Norman Jewison is a actor from Canada (age 100).
Quick Facts
- Full Name
- Norman Jewison
- Born
- July 21, 1926
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- Age
- 100 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Cancer
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- Nationality
- 🇨🇦 Canada
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- Profession
- Actor, Business Leader, Author
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Biography
Norman Jewison is 100 years old, an actor, from Canada.
Norman Frederick Jewison (July 21, 1926 – January 20, 2024) 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 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.
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Academy Award | Won |
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