Happy 92nd Birthday Norman Jewison!!!
Jul 21, 2018 9:46:56 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jul 21, 2018 9:46:56 GMT
Happy 92nd Birthday Norman Jewison!!! 
Born on July 21, 1926 in Toronto, Canada
Thanks for everything...retired since 2003, but still sporadically active in other ventures.
Canadian-born film director, producer, actor, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.
Following graduation in 1949, he moved to London, where he worked sporadically as a script writer for a children's show and bit part actor for the BBC, while supporting himself with odd jobs. Out of work in Britain in late 1951, he returned to Canada to become a production trainee at CBLT in Toronto, which was preparing for the launch of CBC Television. When CBC Television went on the air in the fall of 1952, Jewison was an assistant director.
In 1958 Jewison was recruited to work for NBC in New York, where his first assignment was Your Hit Parade, followed by The Andy Williams Show.
Jewison's career as a film director began with the comedy Forty Pounds of Trouble 1962, suggested by Tony Curtis who had met him during a Judy Garland Show.
After 1965, Jewison was determined to tackle more demanding projects. His breakthrough film proved to be The Cincinnati Kid 1965.
Norman Jewison has been nominated for five Oscars as either director or producer, but never won (Shame on you Academy!), for The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming 1966, In the Heat of the Night 1967, Fiddler on the Roof 1971, A Soldier's Story 1984 and Moonstruck 1987, but got an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1999.
At the Berlin international fillm festivals he has won a Silver Berlin Bear for Moonstruck 1987, and a Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas for The Hurricane 1999.
At the Moscow International Film Festival (when it was still Soviet-union) he won a Golden Prize for A Soldier's Story 1984.
Since 1988, Norman Jewison have a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame (At 7000 Hollywood Blvd).
Some samples from a magnificent career:
Yes, Norman Jewison had an uncredited acting part in this 1949 movie, as Joe Podge!
In 1960, Jewison directed a 2 hour special on CBS called The Fabulous Fifties.
Another TV-special from 1962, The Judy Garland Show, before it became a series.
On set for his movie debut, 40 Pounds of Trouble 1962, location shooting at Disneyland.
The Cincinnati Kid 1965
In the Heat of the Night 1967
The Thomas Crown Affair 1968
Fiddler on the Roof 1971
Rollerball 1975
A Soldier's Story 1984
Only You 1994
The Hurricane 1999, on set
2003, this was Norman Jewison's thank you and goodbye, and now I retire movie.
Norman Jewison has directed around 44 movies and television productions.
In recognition of his contributions to the arts, as well as his sustained support, he was installed as Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto in 2004.
In 2010 Blake Goldring (a former graduate) donated $1,000,000 to Victoria University at the University of Toronto to establish a specialized first-year liberal arts program in Norman Jewison's name. The program began in September 2011 welcoming 30 select students into Norman Jewison Stream for Imagination and the Arts.
Born on July 21, 1926 in Toronto, Canada
Thanks for everything...retired since 2003, but still sporadically active in other ventures.
Canadian-born film director, producer, actor, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.
Following graduation in 1949, he moved to London, where he worked sporadically as a script writer for a children's show and bit part actor for the BBC, while supporting himself with odd jobs. Out of work in Britain in late 1951, he returned to Canada to become a production trainee at CBLT in Toronto, which was preparing for the launch of CBC Television. When CBC Television went on the air in the fall of 1952, Jewison was an assistant director.
In 1958 Jewison was recruited to work for NBC in New York, where his first assignment was Your Hit Parade, followed by The Andy Williams Show.
Jewison's career as a film director began with the comedy Forty Pounds of Trouble 1962, suggested by Tony Curtis who had met him during a Judy Garland Show.
After 1965, Jewison was determined to tackle more demanding projects. His breakthrough film proved to be The Cincinnati Kid 1965.
Norman Jewison has been nominated for five Oscars as either director or producer, but never won (Shame on you Academy!), for The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming 1966, In the Heat of the Night 1967, Fiddler on the Roof 1971, A Soldier's Story 1984 and Moonstruck 1987, but got an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1999.
At the Berlin international fillm festivals he has won a Silver Berlin Bear for Moonstruck 1987, and a Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas for The Hurricane 1999.
At the Moscow International Film Festival (when it was still Soviet-union) he won a Golden Prize for A Soldier's Story 1984.
Since 1988, Norman Jewison have a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame (At 7000 Hollywood Blvd).
Some samples from a magnificent career:
Yes, Norman Jewison had an uncredited acting part in this 1949 movie, as Joe Podge!
In 1960, Jewison directed a 2 hour special on CBS called The Fabulous Fifties.
Another TV-special from 1962, The Judy Garland Show, before it became a series.
On set for his movie debut, 40 Pounds of Trouble 1962, location shooting at Disneyland.
The Cincinnati Kid 1965
In the Heat of the Night 1967
The Thomas Crown Affair 1968
Fiddler on the Roof 1971
Rollerball 1975
A Soldier's Story 1984
Only You 1994
The Hurricane 1999, on set
2003, this was Norman Jewison's thank you and goodbye, and now I retire movie.
Norman Jewison has directed around 44 movies and television productions.
In recognition of his contributions to the arts, as well as his sustained support, he was installed as Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto in 2004.
In 2010 Blake Goldring (a former graduate) donated $1,000,000 to Victoria University at the University of Toronto to establish a specialized first-year liberal arts program in Norman Jewison's name. The program began in September 2011 welcoming 30 select students into Norman Jewison Stream for Imagination and the Arts.