Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award
The Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award is an annual award, named in honour of Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison, to honor other Canadian filmmakers.[1]
The first awardee was director Shawn Levy, in 2023.[1] Levy called winning the award "humbling".[2]
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"Powerhouse producer and Director Shawn Levy to receive inaugural Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award". Toronto International Film Festival. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
The Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award is presented by The Budman Family, and recognizes Canadians in the film industry who have made a global impact with their careers.
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Marriska Fernandes (2023-09-19). "How working with blind actors changed the way Shawn Levy approaches directing". CBC News. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
Powerhouse Canadian producer-director Shawn Levy never set out to build 'an awards-y career' — but the fact that his body of work is being acknowledged with the inaugural Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award at the Toronto International Film Festival is beyond his dreams. He tells me with a smile that it's 'humbling [and] a little surreal, but very gratifying.'