Norman Jewison Will Receive ASC Board Of Governors Award

19-Dec-02

Norman Jewison will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Board of Governors Award, which is presented annually to an individual who has made a significant and enduring impression on the art of filmmaking. The Board of Governors Award is the only recognition that ASC reserves exclusively for individuals who are not cinematographers. Jewison will be feted at the 17th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 16, 2003 at the Century Plaza Hotel. ""Norman Jewison is a complete filmmaker who is creating an extraordinary body of work,"" says Owen Roizman, ASC, Chairman of the Awards Committee. ""His films range from dark and intense dramas to uplifting fantasies and musicals produced for both television and cinema release. The common denominator is that he always touches your heart and soul."" Jewison has earned OscarÆ nominations for directing ""In The Heat Of The Night"" (1967), ""Fiddler On The Roof"" (1971) and ""Moonstruck"" (1987). He also produced ""The Russians Are Coming,"" ""The Russians Are Coming"" (1966), ""Fiddler On The Roof,"" ""A Soldier's Story"" (1984), and Moonstruck, which were nominated for Oscars in the Best Picture category. ""Norman Jewison is a consummate artist with unique sensibilities for visual storytelling,"" says ASC President Steven Poster. ""He has an instinct for recognizing talent and bringing the best out of everyone who collaborates with him."" A long list of cinematographers who worked with Jewison have subsequently earned ASC Lifetime Achievement Awards. The list includes Haskell Wexler, ASC (""In The Heat Of The Night,"" ""The Thomas Crown Affair,"" ""Other People's Money""), Joe Biroc, ASC (""The Russians Are Coming""), Philip Lathrop, ASC (""The Cincinnati Kid""), Sven Nykvist, ASC (""Agnes Of God""), Laszlo Kovacs, ASC(""F.I.S.T."") and Victor J. Kemper, ASC (""And Justice For All""). Jack Cardiff, BSC (""Dogs Of War,"" ""Jesus Christ Superstar""), Doug Slocombe, BSC (""Rollerball"") and Ozzie Morris, BSC (""Fiddler On The Roof"") were recipients of the ASC International Achievement Award. Jewison's films have collected 12 AcademyÆ Awards and 46 nominations. In 1999, he received the Irving B. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. His television credits range from the 1960s classics ""Your Hit Parade,"" ""The Andy Williams Show,"" and ""The Judy Garland Show"" to such artful contemporary telefilms as Walter and Henry and Dinner With Friends. Roizman also cites Jewison's leadership in nurturing the next generation of filmmakers in Canada. In 1986, Jewison established the Canadian Film Centre, which provides promising young filmmakers with opportunities to hone their art and craft. Jewison was born in Toronto, where he played his first role on the stage at age five. He performed in and staged dramas and musical comedies while studying at Malvern Collegiate Institute. His education was interrupted during World War II when Jewison served in the Canadian Royal Navy. After the war, he completed his education at Victoria College, in Toronto, where he earned a bachelor's degree in arts in 1949. Jewison supported himself for several months after graduation by driving a taxi while occasionally performing as an actor on the stage and radio. He spent the next two years in London participating in a work/study program as a writer-actor for the BBC-TV. After completing that program, Jewison returned to Toronto, where he spent seven years writing, directing, and producing TV musicals, dramas, comedy-variety shows, and specials for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He moved to New York in 1958, where he directed television series and specials for CBS for about four years. Jewison earned his first credit as a film director some 40 years ago for a 1962 comedy called ""40 Pounds Of Trouble."" Previous recipients of the ASC Board of Governors Award include such legends as Gregory Peck, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Warren Beatty, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Wise, Sally Field, Jodie Foster, Fay Kanin, Stanley Donen, Sheldon Leonard and critic Charles Champlin. The ASC was chartered in January 1919 for the purpose of advancing the art and craft of filmmaking. There are some 230 members today, and another 100 associate members from allied disciplines. For more information about the ASC, visit www.theasc.com.

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