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.
The Veteran
(Director)
Iron Eagle III
(Novel)
Iron Eagle
(Screenplay)
Iron Eagle
(Director)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(Director)
Lady Sings the Blues
(Director)
Hide and Seek
(Director)
The Entity
(Director)
Iron Eagle II
(Characters)
Iron Eagle II
(Director)
Iron Eagle II
(Screenplay)
The Taking of Beverly Hills
(Story)
The Taking of Beverly Hills
(Director)
The Appaloosa
(Director)
The Boys in Company C
(Director)
The Boys in Company C
(Writer)
Iron Eagle on the Attack
(Director)
American Soldiers
(Director)
The Four Horsemen
(Director)
Purple Hearts
(Writer)
Purple Hearts
(Director)
The Ipcress File
(Director)
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
(Director)
My 5 Wives
(Director)
Top of the World
(Director)
Global Heresy
(Director)
Under Heavy Fire
(Director)
Ladybugs
(Director)
Doctor Blood's Coffin
(Director)
Road Rage
(Director)
Gable and Lombard
(Director)
Hit!
(Director)
Detention
(Director)
The Leather Boys
(Director)
The Rage
(Director)
The Rage
(Writer)
The Naked Runner
(Director)
The Young Ones
(Director)
The Snake Woman
(Director)
The Lawyer
(Director)
The Lawyer
(Writer)
Wonderful Life
(Director)
The Collectors
(Director)
In Her Defense
(Director)
The Fraternity
(Director)
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
(Director)
The Boys
(Director)
Conduct Unbecoming
(Director)
Direct Action
(Director)
A Cool Sound from Hell
(Writer)
A Cool Sound from Hell
(Producer)
A Cool Sound from Hell
(Director)
Pride of Lions
(Director)
A Dangerous Age
(Writer)
A Dangerous Age
(Producer)
A Dangerous Age
(Director)
Three on a Spree
(Director)
Hollow Point
(Director)
Night of the Juggler
(Co-Director)
During One Night
(Writer)
During One Night
(Director)
During One Night
(Producer)
Partners in Action
(Director)
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
(Screenplay)
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
(Director)
Direct Action
(Story)
Night Games
(Writer)
Married to a Stranger
(Director)
Finding Hannah
(Director)
Finding Hannah
(Writer)
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
(Director)
Hudson's Bay
(Producer)
18 Wheels of Justice
(Director)
V.I.P.
(Director)
Petrocelli
(Creator)
Hudson's Bay
(Creator)