Norman Campbell
Norman Campbell was born on Feb 04, 1924 in USA. Norman Campbell's big-screen debut came with The Furst Family of Washington directed by Norman Campbell in 1973. Norman Campbell is known for Once Upon a Brothers Grimm directed by Norman Campbell, Dean Jones stars as Jakob Grimm and Paul Sand as Wilhelm Grimm. Norman Campbell has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Norman Campbell achieved is Banff Television Festival. The upcoming new movie Norman Campbell plays is The Magic Show which will be released on Mar 03, 1983.
Born in Los Angeles to Canadian parents in February 1924, Campbell grew up in Vancouver, where from a very young age he began to write songs. He met Elaine Leiterman in 1947, and they married in 1949. Although he took a degree in meteorology from the University of British Columbia, he began his career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1946 as a songwriter when he was asked to write a song a week for a series called Summer Romance. He joined them full time in 1948. In 1952, he moved to Toronto, where he directed some of Canada's first live TV shows. In 1955, he wrote his first musical for television, Take to the Woods, starring Robert Goulet with a book by Eric Nicol and lyrics by Elaine Campbell. But it was in 1956 that, along with his wife Elaine and actor Don Harron, he wrote the show that he will be remembered for, Anne of Green Gables.
Birthday
Feb 04, 1924Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Awards
2 wins & 1 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 1983
director
5.8 - 1977
director
7.5 - 1973
The Furst Family of Washington
director, producer