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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. 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.
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- 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 Joseph Furie 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 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.
This is the first book ever written about Sidney J. Furie, a filmmaker who, in varying quarters, has been branded a wizened old hack, a journeyman, and an industry stalwart on a woeful losing streak.
