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Norman Jewison
Birth at
21 July 1926
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Norman Frederick Jewison. Norman Frederick Jewison was born on July 21, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He studied piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory, received a bachelor’s degree at the University of Toronto, Victoria College. After a short career as a taxi driver, Norman Jewison went to London where he was an actor and screenwriter for the BBC. From the mid-1950s, he became one of the leading directors of Canadian television, and in 1958 he signed a contract with CBS and received
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Norman Frederick Jewison. Norman Frederick Jewison was born on July 21, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He studied piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory, received a bachelor’s degree at the University of Toronto, Victoria College. After a short career as a taxi driver, Norman Jewison went to London where he was an actor and screenwriter for the BBC. From the mid-1950s, he became one of the leading directors of Canadian television, and in 1958 he signed a contract with CBS and received three Emmy Awards during his three years in New York. In a big movie, the director made his debut in 1962 with the comedy Forty Pounds of Trouble, after which Universal Studio signed a long-term contract with him. After several comedy films, he directed the anti-racist detective Souly South Night in 1967, starring Sydney Poitier and Rod Steiger. This film, nominated for the Oscar and Golden Globe awards, made the name of the director known to the general public. Popular was his anti-war satirical picture "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!", the musical by Sholom Aleichem "Fiddler on the Roof", the adventurous picture "The Thomas Crown Scam" with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway in the lead roles. A huge success fell on the share of Norman Jewison rock opera “Jesus Christ – Superstar”. In the future, the director shot films in which he masterfully combined social pathos with a skillfully built tense and entertaining plot - "social fiction Rollerball", "F.I.S.T." about a trade union leader, a drama. And justice for all! In his youth, Jewison hitchhiked through the American South, and what he saw left a deep mark on his soul, so it is not surprising that the anti-racist theme found its continuation in the film “Soldier’s Story” (1984), for the main role in which the director invited the then not very famous Denzel Washington. The same actor starred - falsely accused of killing a champion boxer - in Norman Jewison's new film Hurricane (1999).