Acclaimed Canadian film and television director and producer Norman Jewison has died at the age of 97.

He first worked in television in Canada before moving to the US, where he transitioned into motion pictures.

His list of films made over 40 years is staggering:

1962 40 Pounds of Trouble
1963 The Thrill of It All
1964 Send Me No Flowers
1965 The Art of Love
1965 The Cincinnati Kid
1966 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
1967 In the Heat of the Night
1968 The Thomas Crown Affairs
1969 Gaily, Gaily
1971 Fiddler on the Roof
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar
1975 Rollerball
1978 F.I.S.T.
1979 …And Justice for All
1982 Best Friends
1984 A Soldier’s Story
1985 Agnes of God
1987 Moonstruck
1989 In Country
1991 Other People’s Money
1994 Only You
1995 Bogus
1999 The Hurricane
2003 The Statement

His films grossed over half a billion dollars.

Perhaps his crowning achievement though is establishing the Canadian Film Centre in 1986-88. His words of wisdom? “Just find some good stories.”

My take: I think the first Norman Jewison film I remember seeing was The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming when it first came out in the mid-sixties. Thank you, Norman.