FILM DIRECTOR

Norman Jewison

1926 - 2024

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Jewison is the 332nd most popular film director (down from 199th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Canada (down from 58th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Norman Jewison ranks 332 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Fleischer, Alain Tanner, John Hughes, Marc Allégret, Chen Kaige, and Joseph Losey. After him are Steven Soderbergh, Luigi Comencini, Tex Avery, Menahem Golan, Darren Aronofsky, and Jacques Feyder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Norman Jewison ranks 135. Before him are Juan José Linz, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Peter Graves, Yevgeny Leonov, Galina Vishnevskaya, and Marian Jaworski. After him are Paul Baran, Don Rickles, Riz Ortolani, Andrea Kékesy, Peter Shaffer, and Elias Hrawi. Among people deceased in 2024, Norman Jewison ranks 129. Before him are Shannen Doherty, William Russell, Neale Fraser, James Sikking, Leif Segerstam, and Sergei Novikov. After him are Bernd Hölzenbein, William Labov, Antonio Skármeta, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Gediminas Kirkilas, and Aleksandr Medved.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Norman Jewison ranks 116 out of 1,622. Before him are Edward Dmytryk (1908), Graham Greene (1952), Justin Bieber (1994), Norma Shearer (1902), Mark Carney (1965), and Denny Doherty (1940). After him are Jean Chrétien (1934), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), Donna Strickland (1959), Eric McCormack (1963), Joe Weider (1919), and William H. McNeill (1917).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Norman Jewison ranks 8. Before him are Jack L. Warner (1892), David Cronenberg (1943), Mark Robson (1913), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Ted Kotcheff (1931), and Edward Dmytryk (1908). After him are Denys Arcand (1941), Arthur Hiller (1923), Paul Haggis (1953), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Allan Dwan (1885), and Shawn Levy (1968).

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