Sidney J. Furie
Born
25 February 1933 (93)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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-generati...
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 (40)
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
2024
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
Finding Hannah
2023
🎬 Director
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018
🎬 Director
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014
The Dependables
2014
Conduct Unbecoming
2011
🎬 Director
The Four Horsemen
2008
The Veteran
2006
American Soldiers
2005
Direct Action
2004
Detention
2003
Partners in Action
2002
Global Heresy
2002
The Fraternity
2002
Under Heavy Fire
2001
Road Rage
2000
My 5 Wives
2000
Hide and Seek
2000
The Collectors
1999
In Her Defense
1999
Married to a Stranger
1997
The Rage
1997
Top of the World
1997
Hollow Point
1996
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
Ladybugs
1992
The Taking of Beverly Hills
1991
Iron Eagle II
1988
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Iron Eagle
1986
Purple Hearts
1984
The Entity
1982
The Boys in Company C
1978
Gable and Lombard
1976
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975
Hit!
1973
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
1970