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Norman Jewison

Best rated: Fiddler on the Roof (8.0)

Films
24
Avg rating
6.75
Peak run
1966’73
Oscar noms
3
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Norman Jewison, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1966 to 1973, 7.44567819651970197519801985199019952000Fiddler on the Roof 8.0Bogus 5.4Career avg 6.75

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Norman Jewison's career barcodecoolhot
196224 films2003
Current formLast 5: 6.38 vs career 6.75 (−0.37)
  1. LOther People's Money1991 · 6.2−0.6
  2. LOnly You1994 · 6.5−0.3
  3. LBogus1996 · 5.4−1.4
  4. WThe Hurricane1999 · 7.6+0.8
  5. LThe Statement2003 · 6.2−0.6
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Norman by the numbers

Average
6.75
23 rated films
Vote weighted
6.82
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.70
rating spread
Career
42y
1962 to 2003
Total votes
621K
across every film
Best
8.0
Fiddler on the Roof
Worst
5.4
Bogus
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2003The Statement6.25,870
1999The Hurricane posterThe Hurricane7.6109K
1996Bogus5.47,387
1994Only You posterOnly You6.530,543
1991Other People's Money posterOther People's Money6.210,236
1989In Country5.93,439
1987Moonstruck posterMoonstruck7.279,703
1985Agnes of God6.68,725
1984A Soldier's Story posterA Soldier's Story7.212,809
1982Best Friends5.53,606
1979And Justice for All posterAnd Justice for All7.446,853
1978F.I.S.T.6.49,497
1975Rollerball posterRollerball6.532,960
1973Jesus Christ Superstar posterJesus Christ Superstar7.433,077
1971Fiddler on the Roof posterFiddler on the Roof8.052,896
1969Gaily, Gaily·456
1968The Thomas Crown Affair posterThe Thomas Crown Affair6.932,863
1967In the Heat of the Night posterIn the Heat of the Night7.992,643
1966The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming posterThe Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming7.011,375
1965The Art of Love6.11,105
Better together?

Norman Jewison's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Norman Jewison

8 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1999
    Norman Jewison
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1988
    Norman Jewison
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1988
    Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1985
    Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1972
    Norman Jewison
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1972
    Norman Jewison, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1968
    Norman Jewison
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1967
    Norman Jewison, Producer
    Nominated

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