Sidney J. Furie
Born: 1933-02-25 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
2023
- Finding Hannah ... (Director)
- Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount as Himself
2018
- Drive Me to Vegas and Mars ... (Director)
2014
- The Dependables ... (Director)
- The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh as Self
2011
- Conduct Unbecoming ... (Director)
2008
- The Four Horsemen ... (Director)
2006
- The Veteran ... (Director)
2005
- American Soldiers ... (Director)
2004
- Direct Action ... (Director)
- The Defender ... (Thanks)
2003
- Detention ... (Director)
2002
- Global Heresy ... (Director)
- The Fraternity ... (Director)
- Partners in Action ... (Director)
2001
- Under Heavy Fire ... (Director)
2000
- 18 Wheels of Justice ... (Director)
- Hide and Seek ... (Director)
- My 5 Wives ... (Director)
- Road Rage ... (Director)
1999
- In Her Defense ... (Director)
- The Collectors ... (Director)
1998
- V.I.P. ... (Director)
1997
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold ... (Director)
- The Rage ... (Director)
- Top of the World ... (Director)
- Married to a Stranger ... (Director)
1996
- Hollow Point ... (Director)
1995
- Iron Eagle on the Attack ... (Director)
1994
- Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self
1992
- Iron Eagle III ... (Novel)
- Ladybugs ... (Director)
1991
- The Taking of Beverly Hills ... (Story)
1988
- Iron Eagle II ... (Characters)
1987
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ... (Director)
1986
- Iron Eagle ... (Screenplay)
1984
- Purple Hearts ... (Writer)
1982
- The Entity ... (Director)
1978
- The Boys in Company C ... (Director)
1976
- Gable and Lombard ... (Director)
1975
- Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York ... (Director)
1974
- Petrocelli ... (Creator)
- Night Games ... (Writer)
1973
- Hit! ... (Director)
1972
- Lady Sings the Blues ... (Director)
1970
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy ... (Director)
- The Lawyer ... (Director)
1967
- The Naked Runner ... (Director)
1966
- The Appaloosa ... (Director)
1965
- The Ipcress File ... (Director)
1964
- The Leather Boys ... (Director)
- Wonderful Life ... (Director)
1962
- The Boys ... (Director)
1961
- The Snake Woman ... (Director)
- Wonderful to Be Young! ... (Director)
- Doctor Blood's Coffin ... (Director)
- Three on a Spree ... (Director)
- During One Night ... (Writer)
1959
- A Cool Sound from Hell ... (Writer)
1957
- A Dangerous Age ... (Writer)