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.

Also credited with co-creating NBC's offbeat legal drama Petrocelli, which ran from 1974 to 1976 (it was a spinoff from his 1970 film The Lawyer), he also directed Cliff Richard and The Shadows in The Young Ones (1961 film) and the 1964 musical Wonderful Life.

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.
• 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