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Jim Sheridan

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 02/06/1949 (75) | Dublin (Ireland)
Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed the films The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009). Sheridan received six Academy Award nominations. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

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A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child. ...

In America

Certification unknown

2003 | 3.6/5 | 1h 45min
Drama
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In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in ...

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

FSK: 12+ years

1989 | 3.8/5 | 1h 43min
Drama
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A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police ...

In the Name of the Father

FSK: 12+ years

1993 | 3.9/5 | 2h 13min
Drama
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When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. S ...

Brothers

FSK: 12+ years

2009 | 3.7/5 | 1h 45min
Drama, Thriller, War
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Awards & Nominations for Jim Sheridan

Goya Award for Best European Film Golden Bear 2x Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay 2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture Young European Film of The Year European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Film
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Movies with Jim Sheridan as Actor(10)

as himself2023 Shelter me: Apollo House
as himself2022 The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Father O'Brien2012 Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion
as himself2012 John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as The King of Spain2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as CPAD Leader1998 The General
as Station Master1997 This Is the Sea
as le prêtre1996 Moll Flanders
as Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift1994 Words Upon the Window Pane

TV Shows/Series with Jim Sheridan as Actor(1)

as Self. Presenter. Storyteller. Filmmaker2021 Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie

Movies with Jim Sheridan as Crew(30)

Directing/Director2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Crew/Thanks2021 The Letters
Directing/Director2017 The Secret Scripture
Production/Producer2017 The Secret Scripture
Writing/Writer2017 The Secret Scripture
Directing/Director2017 11th Hour
Writing/Writer2017 11th Hour
Directing/Director2011 Dream House
Directing/Director2009 Brothers
Directing/Director2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Production/Producer2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Directing/Director2003 In America
Production/Producer2003 In America
Writing/Screenplay2003 In America
Production/Executive Producer2002 Bloody Sunday
Production/Executive Producer2001 On the Edge
Production/Executive Producer2001 Borstal Boy
Production/Producer1999 Agnes Browne
Directing/Director1997 The Boxer
Production/Producer1997 The Boxer
Writing/Writer1997 The Boxer
Writing/Writer1996 Some Mother's Son
Directing/Director1993 In the Name of the Father
Production/Producer1993 In the Name of the Father
Writing/Screenplay1993 In the Name of the Father
Writing/Screenplay1992 Into the West
Directing/Director1990 The Field
Writing/Screenplay1990 The Field
Directing/Director1989 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Writing/Screenplay1989 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Full Name: Jim Sheridan
Citizenship: Ireland
Born: Sunday, 02/06 1949 (February) in Dublin (Ireland) (current age: 75 years + 72 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University College Dublin
Jim Sheridan frequently works together with these people:
Arthur Lappin (9x, Crew)
Nye Heron (9x, Crew)
Mary McGuckian (8x, Crew)
Gabriel Byrne (6x, Actor)
John Lynch (6x, Actor)
Joan Bergin (6x, Crew)
Jer O'Leary (6x, Actor)
Gerard McSorley (6x, Actor)
Nuala Moiselle (6x, Crew)
Terry George (5x, Crew)
Maurice Seezer (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:26899, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024