Sidney J. Furie

Sidney J. Furie
Born	28 February 1933 (1933-02-28) (age 78) Canada
Occupation	film director
Years active	1959–present

Sidney J. Furie (born February 28, 1933) is a Canadian film director. Furie is perhaps best known for directing American Soldiers, The IPCRESS File, The Entity, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Lady Sings the Blues, The Boys, Gable and Lombard, Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York and the Iron Eagle films.^[1]

Also credited^[2] with co-creating NBC's off-beat legal drama Petrocelli, which ran from 1974 to 1976 (it was a spin-off from his 1970 film The Lawyer), he also directed Cliff Richard and The Shadows in the 1964 musical Wonderful Life.^[3]

1 Filmography
2 Awards and nominations
3 References
4 External links

Filmography

A Dangerous Age (1959) director
A Cool Sound from Hell (1959) director
Dr. Blood's Coffin (1961) director
The Snake Woman (1961) director
During One Night (1961) director
The Young Ones (1961) director
Three on a Spree (1961) director
The Boys (1962) director
Wonderful Life (1964) director (US title: Swingers' Paradise^[4])
The Leather Boys (1964) director
The Ipcress File (1965) director
The Appaloosa (1966) director
The Naked Runner (1967) director
The Lawyer (1970) director
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) director
Lady Sings the Blues (1972) director
Hit! (1973) director
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975) director
Gable and Lombard (1976) director
The Boys in Company C (1977) director, writer
The Entity (1981) director

Purple Hearts (1984) director
Iron Eagle (1986) director, writer
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) director
Iron Eagle II (1988) director, writer
The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) director, writer
Iron Eagle III (1992) writer
Ladybugs (1992) director
Iron Eagle on the Attack (1995) director
Hollow Point (1996) director
Top of the World (1997) director
The Rage (1997) director
In Her Defense (1998) director
My 5 Wives (2000) director
Cord (2000) director
Under Heavy Fire (2001) TV Film, director
Partners in Action (2002) director
The Fraternity (2002) director
Global Heresy (2002) director
Detention (2003) director
Direct Action (2004) director, writer
American Soldiers (2005) director
The Veteran (TV Film) (2006) director

Awards and nominations

1965 Nominated for Palme d'Or at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for Best Film of 1965 for The IPCRESS File.^[5]
1966 Won Bafta for Best British Film in Colour of 1965 for The IPCRESS File.
1980 Nominated Razzie Award for Worst Director with Richard Fleischer for The Jazz Singer
2006 Lady Sings the Blues, starring Diana Ross as jazz legend Billie Holiday and directed by Furie in 1972 inducted into the Black Movie Awards Classic Cinema Hall of Fame.^[6]
2010 Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award^[7]

References

^ Mann, Roderick (1986-02-02). "Sidney Furie Leads The Cheer For 'Iron Eagle'". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-02/entertainment/ca-3246_1_iron-eagle. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
^ "Sidney J. Furie - Northern Stars". Northernstars.ca. 1933-02-28. http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsal/furie.html. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
^ Wonderful Life at the Internet Movie Database
^ Overview for Swingers' Paradise (1965)", Turner Classic Movies page
^ "Festival de Cannes: The Ipcress File". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2887/year/1965.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
^ "Tyler Perry to Host Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards - A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present & Future, Premiering Wednesday, Oct. 18, on TNT". Timewarner.com. http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1503820,00.html. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
^ Directors Guild of Canada 2010 DGC Awards. Retrieved August 13, 2010.

External links

Films directed by Sidney J. Furie

1950s	A Dangerous Age (1959) A Cool Sound from Hell (1959)

1960s	Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) The Snake Woman (1961) Three on a Spree (1961) During One Night (1961) The Young Ones (1961) The Boys (1962) The Leather Boys (1964) Wonderful Life (1964) The Ipcress File (1965) The Appaloosa (1966) The Naked Runner (1967)

1970s	The Lawyer (1970) Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Hit! (1973) Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975) Gable and Lombard (1976) The Boys in Company C (1978)

1980s	The Entity (1981) Purple Hearts (1984) Iron Eagle (1986) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Iron Eagle II (1988)

1990s	The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) Ladybugs (1992) Iron Eagle on the Attack (1995) Hollow Point (1996) Top of the World (1997) The Rage (1997) Married to a Stranger (1997) In Her Defense (1998)

2000s	Cord (2001) Under Heavy Fire (2001) My 5 Wives (2000) The Fraternity (2002) Global Heresy (2002) Partners in Action (2002) Detention (2003) Direct Action (2004) American Soldiers (2005) The Veteran (2006)

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Name	Furie, Sidney J.
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Date of birth	1933-02-28
Place of birth	Canada
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Sidney J. Furie

Contents

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links