- Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie (born
February 28 ,1933 ) is aCanadian film director. Furie is perhaps best known for directing "The IPCRESS File", "The Entity ", "", "Lady Sings the Blues", "The Boys", "Gable and Lombard ", and the "Iron Eagle " films.Also credited [ [http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsal/furie.html Sidney J. Furie - Northern Stars ] ] with co-creating
NBC 's off-beat legal drama "Petrocelli ", which ran from 1974 to 1976. It was a spin-off from his 1970 film "The Lawyer".Nominations and Awards
* 1965 Nominated for "
Palme d'Or " atCannes 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 ."
* 2006 "Lady Sings the Blues", starringDiana Ross as jazz legendBillie Holiday and directed by Furie in 1972 inducted into the "Black Movie Awards Classic Cinema Hall of Fame". [ [http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1503820,00.html Tyler Perry to Host Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards - A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present & Future, Premiering Wednesday, Oct. 18, on TNT ] ]References
External links
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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=90772&mod=films| Complete filmography at "New York Times"]
* [http://www.classictelly.com/quiz/start.php?name=Petrocelli&sid=26/ Petrocelli quiz]
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