Norman led a campaign in the late 1990s by the Writers Guild to call the then current practice of film directors taking the main credit for a film by listing their name in the credits above the film's title, as "A Film By...", a "Vanity credit.".
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series,
Vol. 130, pp. 310-312. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
His play, "Ormer Locklear" in a NTFN production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1979 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Production.
He was awarded the 1979 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Direction for "Ormer Locklear" in a NTFN production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
He was awarded the 1979 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting for "Ormer Locklear" in a NTFN production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.