Pinewood Names Toronto Soundstage After Late Norman Jewison

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Pinewood Toronto Studios has announced the naming of one of its soundstages after Norman Jewison, who passed away one year ago at age 97.

Jewison shot the classic 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof at Pinewood Studios in the U.K., but the London-based studio group is honoring the seven-time Oscar nominee in his hometown, Toronto. Jewison also earned the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in 1999. 

His varied film credits include The Russians Are Coming, The Thomas Crown Affair, the civil rights era drama In the Heat of the Night, Jesus Christ Superstar and Rollerball.

“Pinewood Toronto is proud to celebrate the legacy of Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison. His groundbreaking work was renowned throughout the world and it is an honor to have The Norman Jewison Stage on our lot,” Sarah Farrell, general manager of Pinewood Toronto Studios, said in a statement on Monday.

The Toronto studio complex is also near to The Canadian Film Centre, which Jewison launched in 1988 for advanced film studies.

Pinewood Toronto Studios plays host to production of Hollywood tentpole movies and TV series, with Netflix having had a long-term lease on four of its soundstages, and Amazon MGM Studios in Jan. 2024 unveiling a contract with the Toronto studio campus for the exclusive use of five soundstages, alongside workshops and office space totaling around 160,000 square feet.

Pinewood Group, which runs Pinewood Studios in the U.K., in May 2023 acquired full ownership of Pinewood Toronto Studios, a film and TV studio that already had its name on the marquee due to a sales and management deal with the facility’s former Canadian owners that began in 2009.  

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