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Director Norman Jewison dies at 97
His films are award-winning – just like him. In 1999, Norman Jewison received the Irving G. Thalberg Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Academy Awards. photo
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One of his most successful films is the romantic comedy “Moonstruck”. Now the Canadian director Norman Jewison is dead.
Norman Jewison, director of award-winning films such as “In the Heat of the Night” (1967), “Anatevka” (1971), “Moonstruck” (1987) and “Hurricane” (1999), is dead. Jewison was “peaceful” on Saturday died in his home, his spokesman said. The Canadian-born man was 97 years old.
In his long career, Jewison has been a director and producer seven times been nominated for an Oscar. In 1999, he received the Irving G. Thalberg Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Academy Awards.
For the crime thriller “In the Heat of the Night” (1967), Jewison brought Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger in front of the camera. After musicals like “Anatevka” and “Jesus Christ Superstar”, he had success in 1987 with the romantic comedy “Moonstruck”, which won Cher the Oscar for best actress. Jewison received the Berlinale Directing Prize for the romantic story about the Italian immigrant environment.
With leading actor Denzel Washington, Jewison presented the drama “The Hurricane” about the life of professional boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter at the Berlinale in 2000. His last film, “The Statement,” was released in 2003. In it, Michael Caine played a French Nazi collaborator and war criminal who, after decades, is caught up in the past.