Sidney J. Furie
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 25, 1933 (age 93)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed a distinguished career that has spanned over six decades. Having worked in every genre, Furie has directed films starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Diana Ross, Michael Caine, Peter O'Toole, Rodney Dangerfield, Barbara Hershey, Gene Hackman, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivier, and countless others. He is most known for the espionage classic The Ipcress File (1965), the landmark biopic Lady Sings the Blues (1972), the franchise-generating Iron Eagle (1986), the Scorsese-beloved horror saga The Entity (1982), and the Vietnam combat chronicle The Boys in Company C (1978), which later partly inspired Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. His first two films, A Dangerous Age (1957) and A Cool Sound from Hell (1959), both independently financed, were two of the first English Canadian features ever made, produced before he emigrated to London in 1960. He became an important figure in the British New Wave, especially with The Boys (1962) and his realist drama The Leather Boys (1964), a critical darling that became a popular cult film.
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Filmography
Finding Hannah
Movie · Director
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Movie · Director
The Dependables
Movie · Director
Conduct Unbecoming
Movie · Director
The Four Horsemen
Movie · Director
The Veteran
Movie · Director
American Soldiers
Movie · Director
Direct Action
Movie · Director
Detention
Movie · Director
Global Heresy
Movie · Director
The Fraternity
Movie · Director
Partners in Action
Movie · Director
Under Heavy Fire
Movie · Director
Hide and Seek
Movie · Director
My 5 Wives
Movie · Director
Road Rage
Movie · Director
18 Wheels of Justice
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Collectors
Movie · Director
In Her Defense
Movie · Director
V.I.P.
TV · Director · 5 eps
Top of the World
Movie · Director
The Rage
Movie · Director
Married to a Stranger
Movie · Director
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
TV · Director · 7 eps
Hollow Point
Movie · Director
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Movie · Director
Ladybugs
Movie · Director
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Movie · Director
Iron Eagle II
Movie · Director
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie · Director
Iron Eagle
Movie · Director
Purple Hearts
Movie · Director
The Entity
Movie · Director
The Boys in Company C
Movie · Director
Gable and Lombard
Movie · Director
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Movie · Director
Hit!
Movie · Director
Lady Sings the Blues
Movie · Director
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Movie · Director
The Lawyer
Movie · Director
The Naked Runner
Movie · Director
The Appaloosa
Movie · Director
The Ipcress File
Movie · Director
The Leather Boys
Movie · Director
Wonderful Life
Movie · Director
The Boys
Movie · Director
Doctor Blood's Coffin
Movie · Director
The Young Ones
Movie · Director
The Snake Woman
Movie · Director
Three on a Spree
Movie · Director
During One Night
Movie · Director
A Cool Sound from Hell
Movie · Director
A Dangerous Age
Movie · Director