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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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Cecil B. DeMille
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George Lucas
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