Norman Jewison

Canadian-American film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Among his body of work as a director, are the notable films, In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), and Moonstruck (1987).

He received the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1999. He received a BAFTA Award and was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

In 1988, Jewison founded the Canadian Film Centre. In 2003, Jewison received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for his multiple contributions to the film industry in Canada.

On 14 December 1981 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Ten years later, on 1 November 1991, he was again honoured when made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

He married Margaret Ann Dixon on 11 July 1953; they had three children. The couple remained married until Dixon's death on 26 November 2004. In 2010, Jewison married Lynne St. David, whom he had begun dating in 2008. Jewison died at his home in Los Angeles on 20 January 2024 at age 97.