Sidney J. Furie

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

Also credited 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.

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) 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.
• 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.
• 2010 Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award

External links

• Sidney J. Furie at the Internet Movie Database
• Complete filmography at New York Times
• Petrocelli quiz