Sidney J. Furie

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-02-25 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sidney J. Furie

Biography

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 p...

Production

2006

The Veteran

as Director

1992

1986

Iron Eagle

as Director

1986

Iron Eagle

as Screenplay

1972

2000

Hide and Seek

as Director

1982

The Entity

as Director

1988

Iron Eagle II

as Director

1988

Iron Eagle II

as Characters

1988

Iron Eagle II

as Screenplay

1966

The Appaloosa

as Director

1978

2005

2008

1984

Purple Hearts

as Director

1984

Purple Hearts

as Writer

1965

The Ipcress File

as Director

2000

My 5 Wives

as Director

1997

Top of the World

as Director

2002

Global Heresy

as Director

2001

Under Heavy Fire

as Director

1992

Ladybugs

as Director

1961

2000

Road Rage

as Director

1976

1973

Hit!

as Director

2003

Detention

as Director

1964

The Leather Boys

as Director

1997

The Rage

as Director

1997

The Rage

as Writer

1967

The Naked Runner

as Director

1961

The Young Ones

as Director

1961

The Snake Woman

as Director

1970

The Lawyer

as Director

1970

The Lawyer

as Writer

1964

Wonderful Life

as Director

1999

The Collectors

as Director

1999

In Her Defense

as Director

2002

The Fraternity

as Director

1962

The Boys

as Director

2011

2004

Direct Action

as Director

1959

1959

2014

The Dependables

as Director

1957

A Dangerous Age

as Director

1957

1957

A Dangerous Age

as Producer

1961

Three on a Spree

as Director

1996

Hollow Point

as Director

1980

Night of the Juggler

as Co-Director

1961

During One Night

as Director

1961

1961

During One Night

as Producer

2002

2004

1974

Night Games

as Writer

1997

2023

Finding Hannah

as Director

2023

1980

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