Sig Shore

Directing

Sig Shore

Born — Died

1919-05-13 — 2006-08-17

Place of birth

Harlem, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Super Fly poster
6.3

Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.

Super Fly

1972

The Act poster
3.3

Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises and surprises, where it's never clear who's really working for whom.

The Act

1984

The Act poster
3.3

Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises and surprises, where it's never clear who's really working for whom.

The Act

1984

The Return of Superfly poster
5.4

Priest returns to New York from Paris to find his friend's murderer. With a couple of new allies, he attempts to bring the killers to justice while trying not to get into criminal activity like he did years ago.

The Return of Superfly

1990

The Return of Superfly poster
5.4

Priest returns to New York from Paris to find his friend's murderer. With a couple of new allies, he attempts to bring the killers to justice while trying not to get into criminal activity like he did years ago.

The Return of Superfly

1990

That's the Way of the World poster
6.6

Record executives want a highly-regarded record producer to focus on a white pop act whom they feel has the sound America wants. To keep his creative integrity, Buckmaster carefully begins to fight the system that has made him the respected producer he has become.

That's the Way of the World

1975

That's the Way of the World poster
6.6

Record executives want a highly-regarded record producer to focus on a white pop act whom they feel has the sound America wants. To keep his creative integrity, Buckmaster carefully begins to fight the system that has made him the respected producer he has become.

That's the Way of the World

1975

Super Fly T.N.T. poster
5.7

A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.

Super Fly T.N.T.

1973

The Survivalist poster
3.3

An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed.

The Survivalist

1987

Tamango poster
7.0

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.

Tamango

1958

Sudden Death poster
4.6

A New York City career woman becomes a vigilante after being raped by two car thieves.

Sudden Death

1985

Sudden Death poster
4.6

A New York City career woman becomes a vigilante after being raped by two car thieves.

Sudden Death

1985