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Sidney Joseph Furie (born February 28, 1933) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his extensive work in both British and American cinema between the 1960s and early 1980s.
Sidney J. Furie is a Canadian-born director who has worked in various genres and countries for over five decades. He is known for films such as The Ipcress File, Lady Sings the Blues, The Entity, and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Producer
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie. Director: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed an incredibly distinguished career that has spanned more than five decades.
- February 28, 1933
Sidney J. Furie is one of the most versatile, prolific and accomplished filmmakers working today. At the age of 83, he shows no signs of stopping. His work, beginning in the late 50s, has encompassed early, vivid, personal films in his native Canada (at a time when there was no Canadian film industry to speak of) (A DANGEROUS AGE, A COOL SOUND ...
He became an important figure in the British New Wave, especially with The Boys (1962) and his realist drama The Leather Boys (1964), a critical darling that became a popular cult film. Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed a distinguished career that has spanned over six decades.
The career of Canadian filmmaker Sidney J Furie perfectly demonstrates how a reputation for workmanlike efficiency can keep a director regularly employed, despite a dearth of critical acclaim.
History, Performing Arts, Film Studies. Known for his visual style as well as for his experimentation in virtually every genre of narrative cinema, award-winning director Sidney J. Furie also has the ...
