Sidney J. Furie
Directing
1933-02-25 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
2024 · Movie
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023 · Movie
Finding Hannah
2023 · Movie
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018 · Movie
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014 · Movie
The Dependables
2014 · Movie
Conduct Unbecoming
2011 · Movie
The Four Horsemen
2008 · Movie
The Veteran
2006 · Movie
American Soldiers
2005 · Movie
The Defender
2004 · Movie
Direct Action
2004 · Movie
Detention
2003 · Movie
Partners in Action
2002 · Movie
Global Heresy
2002 · Movie
The Fraternity
2002 · Movie
Under Heavy Fire
2001 · Movie
Road Rage
2000 · Movie
My 5 Wives
2000 · Movie
Hide and Seek
2000 · Movie
18 Wheels of Justice
2000 · Series
The Collectors
1999 · Movie
In Her Defense
1999 · Movie
V.I.P.
1998 · Series
Married to a Stranger
1997 · Movie
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997 · Series
The Rage
1997 · Movie
Top of the World
1997 · Movie
Hollow Point
1996 · Movie
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995 · Movie
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994 · Movie
Ladybugs
1992 · Movie
Iron Eagle III
1992 · Movie
The Taking of Beverly Hills
1991 · Movie
Iron Eagle II
1988 · Movie
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Movie
Iron Eagle
1986 · Movie
Purple Hearts
1984 · Movie
The Entity
1982 · Movie
The Boys in Company C
1978 · Movie
Gable and Lombard
1976 · Movie
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975 · Movie
Petrocelli
1974 · Series
Night Games
1974 · Movie
Hit!
1973 · Movie
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
1970 · Movie
The Lawyer
1970 · Movie
The Naked Runner
1967 · Movie
The Appaloosa
1966 · Movie
The Ipcress File
1965 · Movie
Wonderful Life
1964 · Movie
The Leather Boys
1964 · Movie
The Boys
1962 · Movie
The Young Ones
1961 · Movie
Three on a Spree
1961 · Movie
The Snake Woman
1961 · Movie
Doctor Blood's Coffin
1961 · Movie
During One Night
1961 · Movie
A Cool Sound from Hell
1959 · Movie
A Dangerous Age
1957 · Movie
Hudson's Bay
Series
Sidney J. Furie: Fire Up the Carousel!
Movie