Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

1926-07-21 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 75 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...

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Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand

Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand

2024

as Self

6.5
Acting

Michel Legrand, jazz musician and composer extraordinaire, has left his mark on the history of cinema, including the films of Jacques Demy, especially...

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

2022

as Self - Interviewee

10.0
Acting

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul...

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

2022

as self

6.0
Acting

The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called "the most powerful movie musical ev...

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021

as Self

7.0
Acting

Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting ...

Sid & Judy

Sid & Judy

2019

as Self (voice)

7.4
Acting

Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, n...

Style and Substance: Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby

2019

Acting

Documentary about The Landlord.

Hal

Hal

2019

as Self

6.5
Acting

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as co...

The River of My Dreams

The River of My Dreams

2017

Acting

Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as on...

Superstars: The Documentary

Superstars: The Documentary

2015

Acting

In 1971, director Norman Jewison took a group of young actors, singers, and dancers to war-torn Israel to shoot the film adaptation of the hit rock op...

Making of The Russians are Coming

2015

Acting

Interview with Norman Jewison.

I Am Steve McQueen

I Am Steve McQueen

2014

as Self

6.1
Acting

A walk through the incredible personal and artistic history of legendary actor, race car driver and cultural icon Steve McQueen (1930-80).

Pablo

Pablo

2012

as Self

6.9
Acting

Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from Havana...

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

as Self

Acting

Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

A Special Kind of Love

A Special Kind of Love

2008

as Self

Acting

A follow-up of A LOVE STORY OF TODAY, where actors and crew discuss GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.

A Love Story of Today

A Love Story of Today

2008

as Self

Acting

A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, featuring interviews with people like Katharine Hought...

Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

2008

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the writing and recording of Quincy Jones' score for Norman Jewison's 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.

Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's

Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's

2008

as Self

Acting

Documentary featuring interviews with director Norman Jewison and others providing an in-depth look at the production of the 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF ...

Private Screenings: Norman Jewison

Private Screenings: Norman Jewison

2007

as Director

Acting

Director Norman Jewison discusses his life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families, ...

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005

as Self

6.0
Acting

Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.

Tell Them Who You Are

Tell Them Who You Are

2004

as Self

5.8
Acting

The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a difficu...

Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

2004

as Self

7.0
Acting

Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentary celebrates the craft and how it has grown and ev...

Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self - Executive Producer (voice)

7.5
Acting

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life pre...

The Statement

The Statement

2003

Producer, Director

5.6
Producing Directing

The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effective...

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

2002

as Self

6.5
Acting

A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

2002

as Self (uncredited)

Acting

illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, "Reel...

Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends

2001

Director, Executive Producer

5.6
Directing Producing

A husband and wife reevaluate their marriage after their closest friends, another couple decide to split up after twelve years.

Walter and Henry

Walter and Henry

2001

Executive Producer

8.5
Producing

Walter and his 12-year-old son Henry are a pair of New York City street musicians living at poverty level in an empty Brooklyn lot. When Walter has a ...

The Man on Lincoln's Nose

The Man on Lincoln's Nose

2000

as Self

7.8
Acting

Set design has been one of the most overlooked jobs in film, receiving little critical attention until recently. In this Oscar-nominated documentary s...

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000

6.0
Acting

Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City a...

Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'

2000

6.5
Acting

Documentary about the making of the 1975 science-fiction dystopia classic.

Funny Is Money

Funny Is Money

1999

Director

Directing

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of th...

The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1999

Producer, Director

7.4
Producing Directing

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

1998

as Self (uncredited)

3.9
Acting

Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and l...

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998

as Self

3.0
Acting

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does mar...

Bogus

Bogus

1996

Director, Producer

5.8
Directing Producing

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, Frenc...

The Stupids

The Stupids

1996

as TV Director

4.7
Acting

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

Dance Me Outside

Dance Me Outside

1995

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian Silas...

Only You

Only You

1994

Producer, Director

6.8
Producing Directing

Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to m...

Geronimo

Geronimo

1993

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867. Fin...

Other People's Money

Other People's Money

1991

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractiv...

Highway 61

Highway 61

1991

Thanks

6.7

A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corps...

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

as Self

Acting

Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never staye...

In Country

In Country

1989

Director, Producer

5.5
Directing Producing

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also...

The January Man

The January Man

1989

Producer

5.0
Producing

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A we...

Moonstruck

Moonstruck

1987

Producer, Director

6.9
Producing Directing

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, ev...

Agnes of God

Agnes of God

1985

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to d...

A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

1984

Director, Producer

6.8
Directing Producing

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also...

Iceman

Iceman

1984

Producer

6.1
Producing

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befrie...

Best Friends

Best Friends

1982

Director, Producer

5.1
Directing Producing

When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected ...

The Dogs of War

The Dogs of War

1980

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.

...And Justice for All

...And Justice for All

1979

Producer, Director

7.1
Producing Directing

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat o...

F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978

Director, Producer, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Producing Writing

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher ...

Rollerball

Rollerball

1975

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy tho...

From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

1975

Acting

Behind the scenes footage on the set filming Rollerball

Billy Two Hats

Billy Two Hats

1974

Producer

5.7
Producing

After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half-breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship, but ...

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

as Man (voice) (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' followin...

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' followin...

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

1971

Director, Producer

7.7
Directing Producing

In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism ...

Norman Jewison, Film Maker

Norman Jewison, Film Maker

1971

as Self

Acting

Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on to greater success making Hollywood theatrical fea...

The Landlord

The Landlord

1970

as Wedding Guest in Opening Shot (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope sec...

The Landlord

The Landlord

1970

Producer

5.9
Producing

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope sec...

Gaily, Gaily

Gaily, Gaily

1969

Director, Producer

4.0
Directing Producing

After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who...

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968

Director, Producer

6.8
Directing Producing

Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However,...

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1967

Director

7.7
Directing

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Spar...

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov,...

The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

1965

Director

7.0
Directing

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

The Art of Love

The Art of Love

1965

Director

5.3
Directing

Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.

Send Me No Flowers

Send Me No Flowers

1964

Director

6.7
Directing

At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two ...

The Thrill of It All

The Thrill of It All

1963

Director

7.0
Directing

A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

40 Pounds of Trouble

40 Pounds of Trouble

1962

Director

5.4
Directing

Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.

The Judy Garland Show

The Judy Garland Show

1962

Producer, Director

9.0
Producing Directing

This CBS special, filmed in 1962 and colorized in this version, brings together three legends in a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Frank Sinatra and Dean ...

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

1962

Director

Directing

A musical special celebrating the fruitful collaboration of Broadway lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Stars from the ...

The Fabulous Fifties

The Fabulous Fifties

1960

Director

6.0
Directing

The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a...

Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific

1949

as Joe Podge (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.