'Fiddler on the Roof' director Norman Jewison dies at 97
Jewison also directed the romantic comedy Moonstruck and 1967 race drama In the Heat of the Night, which critic Leonard Maltin says "caught lightning in a bottle."
From the race drama In the Heat of the Night to the musical Fiddler on the Roof, Canadian-born director Norman Jewison defied categorization. He has died at the age of 97.
Jewison started his career in television. He was producing and directing a TV special when he caught the attention of actor Tony Curtis. "You do nice work, kid," Curtis recalled in his 2005 . "When are you. Other comedies followed, with Doris Day, James Garner and Rock Hudson. Those were all studio assignments, but Jewison soon started making his own films, including 1965's , starring Steve McQueen, and a 1966 spoof of Cold War politics called , starring Alan Arkin.
