Editing Norman Jewison (section)

=== 1952–1964: Early work ===
[[File:Chaim Topol, Lex Goudsmit en Norman Jewison (1971).jpg|left|thumb|240x240px|From left to right: [[Chaim Topol]], [[Lex Goudsmit]] and Jewison in 1971]]
When CBC Television went on the air in the fall of 1952, Jewison was an assistant director.<ref name=ACE/> During the next seven years he wrote, directed, and produced a wide variety of musicals, comedy-variety shows, dramas, and specials, including ''[[The Big Revue]]'', ''[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'', and ''[[The Barris Beat]]''. In 1953 he married Margaret Ann "Dixie" Dixon, a former model.  They had three children – Michael, Kevin, and Jennifer<ref name="WP obit">{{cite news|title=Norman Jewison, filmmaker with lens on social issues, dies at 97|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/01/22/norman-jewison-director-dead/|first=Harrison|last=Smith|date=January 22, 2024|access-date=January 25, 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="Guardian obit">{{cite news|title=Norman Jewison obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/23/norman-jewison-obituary|first=Sheila|last=Whitaker|author-link=Sheila Whitaker|date=January 23, 2024|access-date=January 25, 2024|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref> – who all pursued careers in the entertainment industry.<ref name="Historica Macleans">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Johnson|first=Brian D.|editor-last=|editor-first=|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|title=Norman Jewison (Profile)|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jewison-norman-frederick|date=January 19, 2004|access-date=January 25, 2024|volume=|publisher=Historica Canada}}</ref>  In 1958 Jewison was recruited to work for [[NBC]] in New York, where his first assignment was ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'', followed by ''[[The Andy Williams Show]]''. The success of these shows led to directing specials featuring performers such as [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Jackie Gleason]], and [[Danny Kaye]]. The television production that proved pivotal to Jewison's career was the [[Judy Garland]] "comeback" special that aired in 1961, which included [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Dean Martin]], and led to a weekly show that Jewison was later called in to direct. Visiting the studio during rehearsal for the special, actor [[Tony Curtis]] suggested to Jewison that he should direct a feature film.<ref name=Hour/>

Jewison's career as a film director began when Tony Curtis' and [[Janet Leigh]]'s film production company, [[Curtleigh Productions]], hired him to direct the comedy ''[[40 Pounds of Trouble]]'' in February 1962.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=boxoffice-february121962|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/27245570/boxoffice-february121962|access-date=June 28, 2021|website=yumpu.com|language=en}}</ref> The film was financed and distributed by [[Universal-International Pictures]] and was the first motion picture ever filmed at [[Disneyland]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Valley Times from North Hollywood, California on May 14, 1962 · 6|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/580393232/|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=May 14, 1962 |language=en}}</ref> Curtleigh Productions' contract with Jewison had a negotiable option for further films if the initial picture was successful.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1962-03-14_226_3|title=Variety 1962-03-14: Vol 226 Iss 3|date=March 14, 1962|language=English}}</ref> In early October 1962, Jewison formed his own independent film production company, Simkoe Productions, and signed a two-picture deal with Curtis' new film production company, [[Curtis Enterprises]], as well as an additional two-picture deal with Universal-International Pictures.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/boxofficeoctdec18182boxo|title=Boxoffice (Oct–Dec 1962)|date=1962|location=New York|others=Media History Digital Library}}</ref> Although the two pictures for Curtis Enterprises were not made, both films for Universal-International Pictures were. He made two comedies starring [[Doris Day]]: ''[[The Thrill of It All (film)|The Thrill of It All]]'', released in 1963 and co-starring [[James Garner]], and ''[[Send Me No Flowers]]'', released in 1964 and co-starring [[Rock Hudson]]. After another comedy, ''[[The Art of Love (1965 film)|The Art of Love]]'' (1965), Jewison was determined to escape from the genre and tackle more demanding projects.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CA9GcnfVmSIC&pg=PA152|title=Steve McQueen: A Biography|publisher=Crown Archetype|year=2011|last=Eliot|first=Marc|page=152|isbn=9780307453211}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYl0EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|title=The Magnificent '60s: The 100 Most Popular Films of a Revolutionary Decade|publisher=McFarland|date=June 16, 2022|last=Hannan|first=Brian|page=85|isbn=9781476687230}}</ref>