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Sig Shore (May 13, 1919 – August 17, 2006) was an American film director and producer. His 1972 film Super Fly is considered one of the first blaxploitation films.
Sig Shore. Director: Sudden Death. Born in East Harlem and raised in the Bronx, Sig Shore earned a basketball scholarship to George Washington University. During World War II he served as a navigator in the Army Air Corps where he became a first lieutenant.
- Director, Producer, Writer
- May 13, 1919
- Sig Shore
- August 17, 2006
Sig Shore, an independent producer whose low-budget 1972 film “Superfly” was among the first of the so-called blaxploitation movies of the 1970’s and gave its name to the flamboyant style that...
Aug 23, 2006 · Sig Shore, an independent filmmaker best known for producing the 1972 movie “Superfly,” has died. He was 87. Shore died Thursday of complications from chronic pneumonia at a hospital in...
Sig Shore. Director: Sudden Death. Born in East Harlem and raised in the Bronx, Sig Shore earned a basketball scholarship to George Washington University. During World War II he served as a navigator in the Army Air Corps where he became a first lieutenant.
- May 13, 1919
- August 17, 2006
In Remembrance: Sig Shore . Sig Shore, the independent film producer who scored a hit with the 1972 blaxploitation film Superfly and its two sequels, passed away on August 17, 2006 in Stamford, CN. He was 87. Born on May 13, 1919 in Harlem, Shore grew up in the Bronx, NY.
Aug 4, 2022 · Many of those involved in making the original movie, including Ron O'Neal, Sig Shore and Gordon Parks Jr., have died, but the film's influence lives on in hip-hop culture and pop life.
