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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. Biography. Shore was born in Harlem, New York and grew up in The Bronx.
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
Aug. 25, 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...
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
- Sigmund Steven Shore
- August 17, 2006
Aug 23, 2006 · Aug. 23, 2006 12 AM PT. From Times Staff and Wire Reports. Sig Shore, an independent filmmaker best known for producing the 1972 movie “Superfly,” has died. He was 87. Shore died Thursday of...
Aug 24, 2006 · Aug 24, 2006 1:59pm PT. Sig Shore. Indie filmmaker. By Variety Staff. Sig Shore, independent filmmaker best known for producing 1972’s “Superfly,” died Aug.17 of complications from chronic...
Sig Shore. Biography. Sig Shore, an independent producer whose low-budget 1972 film “Superfly” was among the first of the so-called blaxploitation movies of the 1970s and gave its name to the flamboyant style that was a hallmark of the genre. Read More. Known For. The Return of Superfly. That's the Way of the World. The Survivalist. The Act.
