page_title: Norman Jewison
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Norman Jewison / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Norman Jewison (Founder and Chair Emeritus, CFC) and wife Lynne St. David-Jewison Photo: Tom Sandler Photography
context_page_description: Norman Frederick Jewison CC OOnt is a retired Canadian film director, producer, actor, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times in three separate decades for In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck. Other highlights of his directing career include The Cincinnati Kid, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Thomas Crown Affair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rollerball, F.I.S.T., ...And Justice for All, A Soldier's Story, Agnes of God, Other People's Money, The Hurricane, and The Statement.
  Jewison has addressed important social and political issues throughout his filmmaking career, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences. He has won accolades around the world, including numerous Golden Globe nominations, a BAFTA Award, the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival, Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Directors Guild of Canada and America, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the 71st annual Academy Awards.
context_section_description: Norman Jewison and Margaret Ann Dixon married on July 11, 1953. She died on November 26, 2004, the day following her 74th birthday, in Orangeville, Ontario, from undisclosed causes. They have three children and five grandchildren.
  In recognition of his contributions to the arts, as well as his sustained support, Jewison was installed as Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto in 2004; he held the position until October 2010.
  In 2010 Blake Goldring donated $1,000,000 to Victoria University at the University of Toronto to establish a specialized first-year liberal arts program in Jewison's name. The program began in September 2011 welcoming fewer than 30 select students into Norman Jewison Stream for Imagination and the Arts. Goldring is a 1981 graduate of the school.
  On January 30, 2010, Jewison received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of America at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards, held at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
  Also in 2010, Jewison married Lynne St. David, whom he had begun dating in 2008. Her married name is Lynne St. David-Jewison.
caption: Jewison and wife Lynne St. David-Jewison in September 2016
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