Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison
Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ontis a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include The Cincinnati Kid, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, F.I.S.T, ...And Justice for All, A Soldier's Story, Agnes of God, Moonstruck, Other People's Money, The Hurricaneand The Statement. Jewison has addressed important social and political issues throughout...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 July 1926
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.
We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.
I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.
I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.
I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.
I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.
Betrayal... is my favorite subject.
I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.
I work with a lot of movie stars.
I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.
A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.
I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.
Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.
I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?