×
Loading in progress
  • BIRTH 25/02/1933
  • Country Canada
  • DIRECTOR 29
  • SCRIPT 4

Sidney J. Furie

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.

Sidney J. Furie

Director (29)

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
The Entity
The Entity
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle IV
Iron Eagle IV
The Ipcress File
The Ipcress File
The Circle
The Circle
The Appaloosa
The Appaloosa
18 Wheels of Justice
18 Wheels of Justice
(1 episode)
American Soldiers
American Soldiers
The Veteran
The Veteran
Detention
Detention
The Snake Woman
The Snake Woman
V.I.P.
V.I.P.
(5 episodes)
Night of the Juggler
Night of the Juggler
The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer
Direct Action
Direct Action
Ladybugs
Ladybugs
Hit!
Hit!
The Leather Boys
The Leather Boys
A Friday Night Date
A Friday Night Date
The Taking of Beverly Hills
The Taking of Beverly Hills
My 5 Wives
My 5 Wives
Hollow Point
Hollow Point
Global Heresy
Global Heresy
Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek
The Four Horsemen
The Four Horsemen
The Dependables
The Dependables
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Script (4)

Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle II
The Taking of Beverly Hills
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Direct Action
Direct Action