years_active birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
1959 -- present toronto , canada 28 february 1933 sidney j. furie
 sidney j. furie film director
sidney j. furie

sidney j. furie -lrb- born february 28 , 1933 -rrb- is a canadian film director .
furie is perhaps best known for directing `` american soldiers '' , `` the ipcress file '' , `` the entity '' , '' '' , `` lady sings the blues '' , `` the boys '' , `` gable and lombard '' , `` sheila levine is dead and living in new york '' and the `` iron eagle '' films .
also credited with co-creating nbc 's off-beat legal drama `` petrocelli '' , which ran from 1974 to 1976 -lrb- it was a spin-off from his 1970 film `` the lawyer '' -rrb- , he also directed cliff richard and the shadows in the 1964 musical `` wonderful life '' .
