
Sidney J. Furie
Known for directing · Born 25 February 1933 · 93 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
64 credits
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.
Known for

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987

The Entity
1982

The Ipcress File
1965

Iron Eagle
1986

Ladybugs
1992

V.I.P.
1998

Iron Eagle II
1988

The Boys in Company C
1978

Lady Sings the Blues
1972

The Appaloosa
1966

Detention
2003

Direct Action
2004