Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle is a 1986 military action film directed by Sidney J. Furie, co-written by Kevin Alyn Elders and starring Jason Gedrick and Louis Gossett Jr. While it received mixed reviews, being unfavorably compared to the similarly- themed" Top Gun" released the same year, the film earned$ 24,159,872 at the U.S. box office.
" Iron Eagle" was followed by three sequels:" Iron Eagle II", and" Iron Eagle on the Attack", with Gossett being the only actor to have appeared in all four films.
The basis of the fictional story in the film relates to real life attacks by the United States against Libya over the Gulf of Sidra, in particular the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
Sidney J. Furie
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.
Like his contemporaries Norman Jewison and Ted Kotcheff, he was one of earliest Canadian directors to achieve mainstream critical and financial success outside their native country at a time when its film industry was virtually nonexistent.
He won a BAFTA Film Award and was nominated for a Palme d'Or for his work on the acclaimed spy thriller "The Ipcress File" starring Michael Caine.
He is considered by some an "auteur" director, elevating otherwise unremarkable genre films through strong, creative visuals, and atmospheric direction.
His 1981 horror film "
The Entity" was declared by director Martin Scorsese as one of the scariest movies of all time, and his Vietnam War film "The Boys in Company C" was a major influence on Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket.
" He is also the co-creator of the "Iron Eagle" action film franchise, and directed three of its four entries.
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Iron Eagle on the Attack (also known as Iron Eagle IV) is a 1995 direct-to-video aviation action film directed by Sidney J. Furie.
The fourth instalment in the "Iron Eagle" series
, it stars
Louis Gossett Jr. reprising his role once again as retired Gen. Charles "Chappy" Sinclair.
Doug Masters, the protagonist of the first film, returns, but is played by Jason Cadieux instead of Jason Gedrick.
The film's opening scene is an alternate take on the scenario presented in "Iron Eagle II", wherein Masters survived after being shot down in Soviet airspace.
Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle II (also titled Iron Eagle II:
The Battle Beyond the Flag) is a 1988 military action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Furie and Kevin Alyn Elders.
It is the first sequel to the 1986 film "Iron Eagle", with Louis Gossett, Jr. reprising his role as Charles "Chappy" Sinclair, alongside newcomers Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Maury Chaykin, Alan Scarfe, Colm Feore, and Clark Johnson.
An uncredited Jason Gedrick also returns as ace pilot Doug Masters in the film's opening scene.
The film's story is loosely based on Operation Opera, a surprise airstrike carried out by the Israeli Air Force on a nuclear reactor near Baghdad, Iraq on June 7, 1981.
Like its predecessor, "Iron Eagle II" received negative reviews.
It also did not fare well at the box-office, with earnings of $10,497,324.
Despite this, it was nominated for three Genie Awards (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Sound Editing, and Best Overall Sound).
Aces: Iron Eagle III
Aces: Iron Eagle
III is a 1992 military action film directed by John Glen, produced by Ron Samuels, and written by Kevin Alyn Elders.
It is the third installment of the" Iron Eagle" film series, and the first and only entry in the series to not be directed by Sidney J. Furie.
Louis Gossett, Jr. reprises his role as Brigadier General Charles" Chappy" Sinclair, the only returning cast member from the previous films, starring with Rachel McLish( in her acting debut), Paul Freeman, Sonny Chiba, Horst Buchholz, Christopher Cazenove, Mitchell Ryan, and J. E. Freeman.
Retired boxing champion Ray" Boom Boom" Mancini appears in a cameo role.
The film was panned by critics and grossed$ 2,517,600 off of a reported$ 12 million budget, making it a box- office bomb.
It was followed by a sequel in 1995," Iron Eagle on the Attack", released direct- to- video.
Ron Samuels
Ron Samuels is an American film producer and artist manager.
His film production credits include" Iron Eagle"( 1986),( 1992), and" Ravenhawk"( 1996).
Desert Thunder
Desert Thunder is a 1998 action film, It uses stock footage from Iron Eagle and Navy Seals.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film Iron Eagle On The Attack?
Answer: Canadian