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Sidney J. Furie is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing The Ipcress File (1965), The Boys in the Band (1970), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), and Iron Eagle (1986). Furie was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 28 February 1933. He attended the University of Toronto, where he studied film and television. After graduating, he moved to England and began working as a director for the BBC. Furie's first feature film was The Ipcress File (1965), which was a critical and commercial success. He followed this up with The Boys in the Band (1970), which was a groundbreaking film about homosexuality. He also directed the cult classic Lady Sings the Blues (1972), starring Diana Ross. In the 1980s, Furie directed a number of action films, including Iron Eagle (1986) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). He also directed the horror film The Entity (1982). Furie has been nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Director for The Boys in the Band (1970) and Best Original Screenplay for The Entity (1982). Furie is married to actress and producer Susan George, and they have two children. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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Occupation director,writer,producer
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 28 February, 1933
Birthday 28 February
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Who Is Sidney J. Furie's Wife?

His wife is Linda Potkin (28 December 1969 - present) ( 2 children), Sheila Hiltz (1956 - 1968) ( divorced) ( 4 children)

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2014

Mentioned by name in Sidewalks Entertainment: Motown the Musical (2014).

2009

In 2009 Martin Scorsese placed Furie's The Entity (1982) on his list of the 11 Scariest Horror Films of All Time. It placed #4 on the list, above Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).

2004

Was originally hired to direct The Defender (2004), but left due to illness during the prep period. Leading actor Dolph Lundgren directed the film.

2000

He was personally asked by Rodney Dangerfield to direct My 5 Wives (2000). Dangerfield had a rocky history with most of his directors, and left many sets in disgust, never to return to many of them. Furie was Dangerfield's favorite directing collaborator.

1999

In 1999 his espionage thriller The Ipcress File (1965) was included at #59 on the BFI's list of the 100 greatest British films of the 20th century.

1990

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s he returned to his native Canada to helm a series of films, often direct-to-video pictures, ranging from the war drama Going Back (2001) to the Canadian-British co-production Rock My World (2002), a comedy starring Peter O'Toole and Joan Plowright.

1987

Furie was assigned to direct Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), but was challenged by substantial last-minute budget cuts and a script he could not change (engineered personally by Christopher Reeve).

1981

In 1981 he directed The Entity (1982), a cult classic that was named by Martin Scorsese as the fourth best horror film ever made, ranking ahead of both The Shining (1980) and Psycho (1960).

1980

He was fired from The Jazz Singer (1980) and quit Night of the Juggler (1980). Of the former, he claims that he wanted to get fired from that production.

1978

Other career highlights include The Boys in Company C (1978) (one of the first Vietnam War pictures about combat soldiers, later to provide the basis for Full Metal Jacket (1987)), the underrated action epic Hit! (1973), and the "Iron Eagle" series. He has also maintained dual citizenship between the U. S. and Canada.

1972

His box-office hit Lady Sings the Blues (1972) was nominated for five Academy Awards and was Paramount's second biggest money-maker that year, behind only The Godfather (1972).

1968

Beginning in 1968, he directed five films for the studio.

1967

Paramount Pictures, then under the aegis of the new Gulf+Western management regime, hired Furie in 1967. He would work as a Paramount filmmaker for the next eight years.

1966

Furie then emigrated to Hollywood to direct Marlon Brando in The Appaloosa (1966) and Frank Sinatra in The Naked Runner (1967) for Universal and Warner Brothers, respectively.

1964

Walter Shenson offered Furie the chance to direct A Hard Day's Night (1964) because of his success with the Cliff Richard pictures Wonderful to Be Young! (1961) and Swingers' Paradise (1964). Furie declined.

1963

The critical and commercial success of Furie's 1963 British New Wave film The Leather Boys (1964), a kitchen-sink drama starring Rita Tushingham and Dudley Sutton, delivered him to the attention of high-powered producer Harry Saltzman, who hired him to direct the groundbreaking film The Ipcress File (1965), which won the BAFTA award for Best Picture. Michael Caine became an overnight star because of the film's success. The film also screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

1961

In 1961 he directed five feature films in a single year, before finally scoring his first box-office success with Wonderful to Be Young! (1961), starring the "British Elvis Presley", Cliff Richard.

1957

Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed an incredibly distinguished career that has spanned more than five decades. Having dabbled 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' (qav) and countless others. He directed the first two feature-length fiction films ever made in English Canada, A Dangerous Age (1957) and A Cool Sound from Hell (1959), both independently financed, before emigrating to London in 1960.

1952

His favorite films are Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and John Ford's They Were Expendable (1945).

1950

Attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, or Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh in the early 1950s.

1937

Cites seeing Captains Courageous (1937) as a young boy as having been the formative movie-going experience growing up in Canada. He told his mother about wanting to make movies after seeing it.

1930

Both parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants who arrived in Canada in 1930. The name "Furie", however, has French roots.