Sidney J. Furie

Sidney J. Furie
Born	(1933-02-28) 28 February 1933 Toronto, 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]

Filmography

A Dangerous Age (1958)
A Cool Sound from Hell (1959)
Dr. Blood's Coffin (1961)
The Snake Woman (1961)
During One Night (1961)
The Young Ones (1961)
Three on a Spree (1961)
The Boys (1962)
Wonderful Life (1964)
The Leather Boys (1964)
The Ipcress File (1965)
The Appaloosa (1966)
The Naked Runner (1967)
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 (1977), also writer
The Jazz Singer (1980), uncredited
The Entity (1981)
Purple Hearts (1984)

Iron Eagle (1986), also writer
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Iron Eagle II (1988) also writer
The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991), also writer
Ladybugs (1992)
Iron Eagle on the Attack (1995)
Hollow Point (1996)
Top of the World (1997)
The Rage (1997)
In Her Defense (1998)
My 5 Wives (2000)
Cord (2000)
Under Heavy Fire (2001), TV film
Partners in Action (2002)
The Fraternity (2002)
Global Heresy (2002)
Detention (2003)
Direct Action (2004), also writer
American Soldiers (2005)
The Veteran (2006), TV film
The Four Horsemen (2008), straight to DVD
Conduct Unbecoming (2011)
The Dependables (2014)

Awards and nominations

1965 Nominated for Palme d'Or at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for Best Film of 1965 for The IPCRESS File.^[4]
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.^[5]
2010 Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award.^[6]

References

↑ Mann, Roderick (1986-02-02). "Sidney Furie Leads The Cheer For 'Iron Eagle'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
↑ "Sidney J. Furie - Northern Stars". Northernstars.ca. 1933-02-28. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
↑ Wonderful Life at the Internet Movie Database
↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Ipcress File". festival-cannes.com. 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. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
↑ Directors Guild of Canada 2010 DGC Awards. Retrieved August 13, 2010.

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Films directed by Sidney J. Furie

A Dangerous Age (1958)
A Cool Sound from Hell (1959)
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)
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)
The Entity (1981)
Purple Hearts (1984)
Iron Eagle (1986)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Iron Eagle II (1988)
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)
My 5 Wives (2000)
Cord (2001)
Under Heavy Fire (2001)
The Fraternity (2002)
Global Heresy (2002)
Partners in Action (2002)
Detention (2003)
Direct Action (2004)
American Soldiers (2005)
The Veteran (2006)
The Dependables (2014)

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