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Also Known As Norman Frederick Jewison
Born July 21, 1926 • Toronto • Canada
Died January 20, 2024 (aged 97)
Awards And Honors Academy Award • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1999)
Notable Works “A Soldier’s Story” • “Agnes of God” • “Bogus” • “F.I.S.T.” • “Fiddler on the Roof” • “In the Heat of the Night” • “Jesus Christ Superstar” • “Moonstruck” • “Rollerball” • “Send Me No Flowers” • “The Cincinnati Kid” • “The Hurricane” • “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” • “The Statement” • “The Thomas Crown Affair” • “The Thrill of It All”

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Norman Jewison, holding a film camera, directs actor Sidney Poitier, who stands beside a car door on the set of In the Heat of the Night.
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English-born American director
Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
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William Wyler
William Wyler
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Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.
Billy Wilder
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Ethan Coen
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Francis Ford Coppola
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Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clint Eastwood
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Mervyn LeRoy
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George Stevens
George Stevens
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Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
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Robert Wise
Robert Wise
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Cecil B. DeMille
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George Lucas
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American director Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
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Warren Beatty
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Arthur Hiller in a black tuxedo holding his Oscar statuette for the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony.
Arthur Hiller
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Orson Welles
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