Norman Jewison

Quotes

• “I don't make social statements in my pictures [...] though I do feel a film should be about something—that it have a raison d'etre. It should not shy away from social problems.”
• “[On why he was not making a theatrical feature film for the studios] They'd say these films were too wordy, too cerebral, too much dialogue [...] They often want films with a minimum of dialogue and lots of action and limited adult themes to sell abroad.”
• “[On why he was liking directing a television film] They leave you alone; there's no interference, no second guessing.”
• “So many aspects of our life have disappeared from movie screens [...] And they're now appearing on cable.”
• “[On John Wayne] The drunker he got the more he wanted to punch me out.”
• “For me, films are about ideas [...] Every director should ask himself, 'Why am I making this picture?' And if you can't answer that, you shouldn't make it.”

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Key facts

Born

Norman Frederick Jewison , ( 1926-07-21 ) July 21, 1926, Toronto , Ontario, Canada

Died

January 20, 2024 (2024-01-20) (aged 97), Malibu, California , U.S.

Alma mater

Victoria College, Toronto ( B.A. , 1949)

Occupations

Director producer screenwriter

Years active

1950–2003

Organization

Canadian Film Centre

Spouses

Margaret Ann Dixon ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; died 2004 ) ​ Lynne St. David ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. November 2010</span>"}]]}'>2010 ) ​

Awards

Full list

Allegiance

Canada

Branch

Royal Canadian Navy

Service years

1944–1945

Conflicts

World War II

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Wikidata facts

Image

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