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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Jewison has received more than 1,859,705 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Norman Jewison is the 199th most popular film director (up from 367th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Canada (up from 105th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Norman Jewison ranks 199 out of 2,041. Before him are Wes Anderson, Raoul Walsh, Stephen Frears, Richard Donner, Margarethe von Trotta, and Lev Kuleshov. After him are John G. Avildsen, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Vincente Minnelli, Mike Newell, Amos Gitai, and Douglas Sirk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Norman Jewison ranks 79. Before him are Gyula Grosics, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Kim Jae-gyu, John Berger, Jean-Pierre Serre, and Michel Butor. After him are Yoshio Okada, Aaron Klug, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Francisco Rabal, Ta Mok, and Gus Grissom. Among people deceased in 2024, Norman Jewison ranks 69. Before him are Sandra Milo, Robert Badinter, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Kris Kristofferson, and Caterina Valente. After him are Daniel Dennett, Geneviève Grad, Issa Hayatou, Yael Dayan, Salvatore Schillaci, and John Mayall.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Norman Jewison ranks 58 out of 1,622. Before him are Oscar Peterson (1925), Lois Maxwell (1927), Maye Musk (1948), David Easton (1917), Mylène Farmer (1961), and Mack Sennett (1880). After him are Maud Lewis (1903), John Candy (1950), Brian Tracy (1944), Donald O. Hebb (1904), Lester B. Pearson (1897), and Sidney Altman (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Norman Jewison ranks 3. Before him are James Cameron (1954), and David Cronenberg (1943). After him are Edward Dmytryk (1908), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Jack L. Warner (1892), Arthur Hiller (1923), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Denys Arcand (1941), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Allan Dwan (1885), and Mark Robson (1913).

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