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Director, Producer Born: July 21, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Biography:Receiving his undergraduate education at Malvern Collegiate Institute, Victoria College and University of Toronto, Ontario-born director and producer "Norman Jewison" also studied piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory. Following service in the navy and a brief sojourn as a cab driver, Jewison worked as an actor and scenarist in London. From 1953 through 1958, he was one of the top directors with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television service; he continued to turn out top-ranked TV work when he was signed by CBS in New York, winning three Emmys between 1958 and 1961. His first feature film was "40 Pounds of Trouble" (1962), which led to a long-term contract with Universal. In 1963, Jewison took on the daunting task of executive producing the much-troubled "Judy Garland Show", emerging from this failed 26-week project with little if any egg on his face. The first of Jewison's films... Full Biography
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