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.
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Films (58)
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
2024 · Himself
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023 · Himself
Finding Hannah
2023 · Writer, Director
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018 · Director, Writer
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014 · Self
The Dependables
2014 · Director
Conduct Unbecoming
2011 · Director
Héros de guerre
2008 · Director
Vuelta Al Infierno El Veterano 2006
2006 · Director
American Soldiers
2005 · Director
La sentinelle
2004 · Thanks
Direct Action
2004 · Director, Story
Détention
2003 · Director
Partners in Action
2002 · Director
Au cœur du rock
2002 · Director
Le Cercle - Extrême sanction
2002 · Director
Frères de guerre
2001 · Director, Story
Nuit infernale
2000 · Director
My 5 Wives
2000 · Director
Jeu mortel
2000 · Director
The Collectors
1999 · Director
In Her Defense
1999 · Director
Married to a Stranger
1997 · Director
The Rage
1997 · Director, Writer
Les Rapaces
1997 · Director
Impact Gros Calibre
1996 · Director
Aigle de fer IV
1995 · Director
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994 · Self
Ladybugs
1992 · Director
Aigle de fer III
1992 · Novel
La prise de Beverly Hills
1991 · Director, Story
Iron Eagle II
1988 · Director, Screenplay, Characters
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Director
Iron Eagle
1986 · Director, Screenplay
Purple Hearts
1984 · Writer, Director
The Entity
1982 · Director
The Boys in Company C
1978 · Director, Writer
Gable and Lombard
1976 · Director
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975 · Director
Night Games
1974 · Writer
Hit!
1973 · Director
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 · Director
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
1970 · Director
The Lawyer
1970 · Writer, Director
The Naked Runner
1967 · Director
The Appaloosa
1966 · Director
The Ipcress File
1965 · Director
Wonderful Life
1964 · Director
The Leather Boys
1964 · Director
The Boys
1962 · Director
The Young Ones
1961 · Director
Three on a Spree
1961 · Director
The Snake Woman
1961 · Director
Doctor Blood's Coffin
1961 · Director
During One Night
1961 · Director, Writer, Producer
A Cool Sound from Hell
1959 · Producer, Writer, Director
A Dangerous Age
1957 · Producer, Writer, Director
Sidney J. Furie: Fire Up the Carousel!
· Himself
