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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 1,749,889 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Norman Jewison is the 368th most popular film director (down from 324th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Canada (down from 80th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Norman Jewison ranks 368 out of 1,581. Before him are Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Ladislas Starevich, Merian C. Cooper, Jacques Tourneur, Anthony Minghella, and Jacques Copeau. After him are Lo Wei, Adolph Zukor, Irvin Kershner, Alexander Korda, Luigi Comencini, and Gene Deitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Norman Jewison ranks 128. Before him are Cloris Leachman, Paul Baran, Peter Shaffer, Jürgen Moltmann, Thorbjörn Fälldin, and Raif Dizdarević. After him are Prince Dimitri Romanov, Shigeo Sugimoto, Kim Jong-pil, Peter Graves, Riz Ortolani, and Shin Sang-ok. Among people deceased in 2024, Norman Jewison ranks 18. Before him are Hage Geingob, Alexei Navalny, Andreas Brehme, Seiji Ozawa, Artur Jorge, and David Soul. After him are Ira von Fürstenberg, Dries van Agt, Zvi Zamir, Carl Andre, Robert Badinter, and Jan Assmann.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Norman Jewison ranks 105 out of 1,350. Before him are Ian Stevenson (1918), Steven Pinker (1954), David Easton (1917), Walter Huston (1883), Conrad Bain (1923), and Louis Slotin (1910). After him are Loreena McKennitt (1957), Joseph Wiseman (1918), David Foster (1949), Margot Kidder (1948), Louis Riel (1844), and Fay Wray (1907).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Norman Jewison ranks 6. Before him are James Cameron (1954), David Cronenberg (1943), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Edward Dmytryk (1908), and Jack L. Warner (1892). After him are Denys Arcand (1941), Arthur Hiller (1923), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Ted Kotcheff (1931), and Paul Haggis (1953).

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Filmography

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