About
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...
Known for
V.I.P.Series • 1998
PetrocelliSeries • 1974
Pensacola: Wings of GoldSeries • 1997
The EntityMovie • 1982
Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceMovie • 1987
Iron EagleMovie • 1986
The Ipcress FileMovie • 1965
The AppaloosaMovie • 1966
Direct ActionMovie • 2004
Iron Eagle IIIMovie • 1992
LadybugsMovie • 1992
DetentionMovie • 2003
Iron Eagle on the AttackMovie • 1995
Iron Eagle IIMovie • 1988
The Taking of Beverly HillsMovie • 1991
Little Fauss and Big HalsyMovie • 1970
The Boys in Company CMovie • 1978
Top of the WorldMovie • 1997
Lady Sings the BluesMovie • 1972
Hide and SeekMovie • 2000
Hollow PointMovie • 1996
My 5 WivesMovie • 2000
The DefenderMovie • 2004
Hit!Movie • 1973