NORMAN JEWISON
The Academy Award-nominated director poses against his director's chair.
Photograph signed: "Regards/Norman Jewison". B/w, 8x10. Canadian-born director Norman Jewison (born in 1926) was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture in 1967 (The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming), 1972 (Fiddler on the Roof), 1985 (A Soldier's Story) and 1988 (Moonstruck) and for Best Director Oscars in 1968 (In the Heat of the Night), 1972 (Fiddler on the Roof) and 1988 (Moonstruck). He has also been nominated for three Best Director Golden Globes (In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, The Hurricane), an Emmy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award and three Directors Guild of America Awards. Jewison, who directed 12 different actors in Academy Award-nominated performances, broke into directing with such early TV series as Your Hit Parade, Wayne and Schuster and The Big Party before directing his first film, The Fabulous Fifties, in 1960. His other film credits include The Thrill of it All (1963), Send Me No Flowers (1964), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Agnes of God (1985) and The Statement (2003). Jewison has also produced several films and written scripts and screenplays. He established the Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies in Toronto in 1986. Slightly creased at blank margins, light black mark at lower left corner. Minor surface creases (not evident head on), one at cheek of facial image. Fine condition.