Veteran director Norman Jewison, who was nominated for seven Academy Awards during his illustrious career, has passed away.Per Variety, Jewison died at his Los Angeles home on Saturday. While a specific cause was not provided, the filmmaker is said to have died peacefully in his sleep. He was 97 years old.After directing Steve McQueen in the acclaimed drama The Cincinnati Kid, Jewison would helm his first Oscar-nominated film with the 1966 movie The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; the film was up for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. He’d follow this up with 1967’s In the Heat of the Night, which won several Oscars, including Best Picture, while giving Jewison his first personal nomination for Best Director. Jewison would later earn another Best Director nomination for helming 1971’s Fiddler on the Roof.
Veteran director Norman Jewison, who was nominated for seven Academy Awards during his illustrious career, has passed away.
Per Variety, Jewison died at his Los Angeles home on Saturday. While a specific cause was not provided, the filmmaker is said to have died peacefully in his sleep. He was 97 years old.
After directing Steve McQueen in the acclaimed drama The Cincinnati Kid, Jewison would helm his first Oscar-nominated film with the 1966 movie The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; the film was up for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. He’d follow this up with 1967’s In the Heat of the Night, which won several Oscars, including Best Picture, while giving Jewison his first personal nomination for Best Director. Jewison would later earn another Best Director nomination for helming 1971’s Fiddler on the Roof.
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