Sidney J. Furie

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1933-02-25 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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

Director

Finding Hannah

as Director

2014
Pride of Lions

as Director

2011
Conduct Unbecoming

as Director

2008
The Four Horsemen

as Director

2006
The Veteran

as Director

2005
American Soldiers

as Director

2004
Direct Action

as Director

2003
Detention

as Director

2002
Global Heresy

as Director

2002
The Fraternity

as Director

2002
Partners in Action

as Director

2001
Under Heavy Fire

as Director

2000
Hide and Seek

as Director

2000
My 5 Wives

as Director

2000
Road Rage

as Director

2000
1999
The Collectors

as Director

1999
In Her Defense

as Director

1998
V.I.P.

as Director

1997
Top of the World

as Director

1997
The Rage

as Director

1997
1997
1996
Hollow Point

as Director

1995
1992
Ladybugs

as Director

1988
Iron Eagle II

as Director

1986
Iron Eagle

as Director

1984
Purple Hearts

as Director

1982
The Entity

as Director

1980
Night of the Juggler

as Co-Director

1978
1976
Gable and Lombard

as Director

1973
Hit!

as Director

1972
1970
The Lawyer

as Director

1967
The Naked Runner

as Director

1966
The Appaloosa

as Director

1965
The Ipcress File

as Director

1964
The Leather Boys

as Director

1964
Wonderful Life

as Director

1962
The Boys

as Director

1961
1961
The Young Ones

as Director

1961
The Snake Woman

as Director

1961
Three on a Spree

as Director

1960
During One Night

as Director

1959
1957
A Dangerous Age

as Director

Writer

Finding Hannah

as Writer

2018
2004
Direct Action

as Story

1997
The Rage

as Writer

1992
1988
Iron Eagle II

as Characters

1988
Iron Eagle II

as Screenplay

1986
Iron Eagle

as Screenplay

1984
Purple Hearts

as Writer

1978
1974
Night Games

as Writer

1970
The Lawyer

as Writer

1960
1957
A Dangerous Age

as Writer

Producer

Hudson's Bay

as Producer

1960
During One Night

as Producer

1959
1957
A Dangerous Age

as Producer

Creator

Hudson's Bay

as Creator

1974
Petrocelli

as Creator