Norman Jewison, director of In the Heat of the Night, dies aged 97

Canadian-born director of Moonstruck and Fiddler on the Roof was a three-time Oscar nominee

Norman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films ranged from Doris Day comedies and Moonstruck to social dramas such as the Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night, has died at the age of 97.

Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement, died peacefully" on Saturday, according to his publicist Jeff Sanderson. Additional details were not immediately available.