Sidney J. Furie
53 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Feb 25, 1933 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Sholom Joseph Furie · Sidney Joseph 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Sidney J. Furie: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (58)
- Upcoming
- 2023 Finding Hannah
Writer, Director
- 2018 Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Director, Writer
- 2014 The Dependables
Director
- 2011 Conduct Unbecoming
Director
- 2008 The Four Horsemen
Director
- 2006 The Veteran
Director
- 2005 American Soldiers
Director
- 2004 The Defender
Thanks
- 2004 Direct Action
Director, Story
- 2003 Detention
Director
- 2002 Partners in Action
Director
- 2002 Global Heresy
Director
- 2002 The Fraternity
Director
- 2001 Under Heavy Fire
Director, Story
- 2000 Road Rage
Director
- 2000 My 5 Wives
Director
- 2000 Hide and Seek
Director
- 2000
- 1999 The Collectors
Director
- 1999 In Her Defense
Director
- 1998
- 1997 Married to a Stranger
Director
- 1997
- 1997 The Rage
Director, Writer
- 1997 Top of the World
Director
- 1996 Hollow Point
Director
- 1995 Iron Eagle on the Attack
Director
- 1992 Ladybugs
Director
- 1992 Iron Eagle III
Novel
- 1991 The Taking of Beverly Hills
Director, Story
- 1988 Iron Eagle II
Director, Screenplay, Characters
- 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Director
- 1986 Iron Eagle
Director, Screenplay
- 1984 Purple Hearts
Writer, Director
- 1982 The Entity
Director
- 1978 The Boys in Company C
Director, Writer
- 1976 Gable and Lombard
Director
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974 Night Games
Writer
- 1973 Hit!
Director
- 1972 Lady Sings the Blues
Director
- 1970 Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Director
- 1970 The Lawyer
Writer, Director
- 1967 The Naked Runner
Director
- 1966 The Appaloosa
Director
- 1965 The Ipcress File
Director
- 1964 Wonderful Life
Director
- 1964 The Leather Boys
Director
- 1962 The Boys
Director
- 1961 The Young Ones
Director
- 1961 Three on a Spree
Director
- 1961 The Snake Woman
Director
- 1961 Doctor Blood's Coffin
Director
- 1961 During One Night
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1959 A Cool Sound from Hell
Producer, Writer, Director
- 1957 A Dangerous Age
Producer, Writer, Director
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- Upcoming
- 2024
- 2023
- 2014
- 1994
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode