Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 25, 1933
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
64 titles
Sidney J. Furie
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.
Known For
Filmography
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
Himself
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Himself
Finding Hannah
Director
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Director
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Self
The Dependables
Director
Conduct Unbecoming
Director
The Four Horsemen
Director
The Veteran
Director
American Soldiers
Director
The Defender
Thanks
Direct Action
Director
Detention
Director
Partners in Action
Director
Global Heresy
Director
The Fraternity
Director
Under Heavy Fire
Director
Road Rage
Director
My 5 Wives
Director
Hide and Seek
Director
18 Wheels of Justice
Director
The Collectors
Director
In Her Defense
Director
V.I.P.
Director
Married to a Stranger
Director
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
Director
The Rage
Director
Top of the World
Director
Hollow Point
Director
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Director
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Self
Ladybugs
Director
Iron Eagle III
Novel
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Story
Iron Eagle II
Characters
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Director
Iron Eagle
Screenplay
Purple Hearts
Writer
The Entity
Director
The Boys in Company C
Director
Gable and Lombard
Director
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Director
Petrocelli
Creator
Night Games
Writer
Hit!
Director
Lady Sings the Blues
Director
Film '72
Self
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Director
The Lawyer
Director
The Naked Runner
Director