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Norman Jewison Biography

Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (born July 21, 1926) is a Canadian film director, producer, actor, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed dozens of feature films and has been 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). Other highlights of his directing career include The Cincinnati Kid (1965), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Rollerball (1975), F.I.S.T. (1978), ...And Justice for All (1979), A Soldier's Story (1984), Agnes of God (1985), Other People's Money (1991), The Hurricane (1999) and The Statement (2003).

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Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.

Everything, Right, Told

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.

Thinking, Awards, Done, Think, Films, Movies

We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.

Animal, Chased, Fugitive, Roots, Sides

I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.

Half, Know, Littles, Material, Selective, Years

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

Dead, Film, Mean, Remakes, Want

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

Become, Documentaries, Look, Looks, Vehicle, Want

The album for Fiddler really took off. I think it was a combination of John Williams and the score. It was a very classy big album.

Album, Albums, Bigs, Fiddler, Think, Thinking

We live in an age of publicity and hype. There's something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.

Age, Failure, Hype, Live, Work

I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

Character, Huge, Like, People, Thinking, Watching

The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.

Community, Eradication, Important, Tasks, World

In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.

America, Artist, Films, Kind, Rights

I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d'etre behind it that I feel is important then that's the best for me.

Entertaining, Good, Important, Interesting, Stories, Thinking

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.

Stars, Actors, Concentration, Michael, Actor, Caine

I work with a lot of movie stars.

Movie, Movie Star, Stars, Work

Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition.

Breaking, Men, People, Play, Short

When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you're going to work in English, you'd better work with European actors.

Actors, Deal, Europe, Film, Place

Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement.

Heat, Movement, Night, Perfect, Rights

Moonstruck. . . was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

Comedies, Comedy, Moonstruck, Oscar, Oscars, Picture

When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.

Lipsynch, Musical, Numbers, Shooting, Track, Work Out

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

Actor, Actors, Denzel, Hurricane, Hurricanes, Winning

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