AS DIRECTOR The Hurricane, 1999 Bogus, 1996 Only You, 1994 Other People's Money, 1991 In Country, 1989 Moonstruck, 1987 ** Agnes of God, 1985 A Soldier's Story, 1984 Best Friends, 1982 ...And Justice For All, 1979 F.I.S.T., 1978 Rollerball, 1975 Jesus Christ Superstar, 1973 Fiddler on the Roof, 1971 ** Gaily, Gaily, 1969 The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968 In the Heat of the Night, 1967 ** The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, 1966 The Cincinnati Kid, 1965 The Art of Love, 1965 Send Me No Flowers, 1964 The Thrill of It All, 1963 40 Pounds of Trouble, 1963
** Academy Award nominations for Best Director
AS PRODUCER Rollerball, 2001 Dance Me Outside, 1994* January Man, 1989 Iceman, 1984 The Dogs of War, 1980 Billy Two Hats, 1973 The Landlord, 1970
* Executive Producer
Featuring the Music and Lyrics of:
Alan and Marilyn Bergman Jerrold Bock BT Geoffery Burgon Cy Coleman Bill Conti Mychael Danna Georges Delerue Dave Grusin Marvin Hamlisch Herbie Hancock Sheldon Harnick James Horner Dick Hyman Quincy Jones Al Kooper Michel Legrand Mort Lindsey Henry Mancini Johnny Mandel David Newman André Previn Rachel Portman Tim Rice Lalo Schifrin John Scott Eric Serra Marc Shaiman Bruce Smeaton Frank de Vol John Williams (arr.) Chris Young
ASCAP Opus Award Honoring Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison is one of Hollywood's most accomplished and respected directors, with a career that has spanned almost five decades. His movies are character-driven and focus on telling stories from a personal standpoint as opposed to many of the action-packed films of the present day. His brilliance lies in his ability to elicit superlative performances from actors while advancing his narratives in a clean, direct fashion.
Norman Jewison's exquisite work as a versatile director is showcased most notably in the award-winning films, The Hurricane, Moonstruck, In The Heat Of The Night, Fiddler on the Roof, A Soldier's Story, The Cincinnati Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, Agnes of God, Other People's Money and The Russian's Are Coming!, The Russian's Are Coming! He has been nominated for four Oscars and his films have received 45 nominations and 12 Academy Awards. Additionally, he received the prestigious Irving Thalberg Award at the Academy Awards in 1999.
Born in Canada in 1926, Norman Jewison made his first professional mark on the dramatic world at the age of five. He began seriously staging and performing in both dramas and musicals at Malvern Collegiate Institute. Shortly thereafter, he left for World War II service with the Royal Canadian Navy. Upon his return in 1946, he enrolled and eventually graduated from the University of Toronto's Victoria College with a degree in general arts in 1950.
Like many directors of his generation, Jewison first worked in TV, writing, directing, and even acting in the medium. He produced and directed many high profile TV variety specials in the 1950's and 1960's, and was an executive producer of the legendary Judy Garland Show from 1963-1964. It is here that his great sensitivity to music and musical performances first was noticed. As his career progressed to films, his recognition of the importance of music and its proper use in film was something that made it a pleasure for songwriters and composers to work with him. Johnny Mandel, John Williams, Michael Legrand, Dave Grusin, Quincy Jones, Cy Coleman, James Horner, Marc Shaiman, Dick Hyman, Alan & Marilyn Bergman among others, can all attest to that.
His film debut as a director came with the 1962 comedy 40 Pounds of Trouble, starring Tony Curtis, after which he paired up with producer Ross Hunter and directed the following two romantic comedies for Universal, The Thrill of It All and The Art of Love. In 1965, Norman co-wrote his first independent feature, starring, Steve McQueen, The Cincinnati Kid, and the next year directed, The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!, a brilliant comedy of cold-war paranoia and the first of his movies to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. Since then, Mr. Jewison's films have covered a wide range of subjects and genres from the stylish gamesmanship of The Thomas Crown Affair to the hit screen version of Broadway's Fiddler On The Roof. As an artist, he is very attuned to social issues and through film has brought the matters of race, religion and injustice to the forefront, most prominently in In The Heat Of The Night, A Soldier's Story, Agnes Of God and The Hurricane.
