Other names Shay Spouse Fran Sheridan (m. 1972) Role Film director | Name Jim Sheridan Years active 1989–present | |
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Occupation Film director, screenwriter and producer Siblings Peter Sheridan, Frankie Sheridan Children Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Tess Sheridan Books Leave the Fighting to McGuigan: The Official Biography of Barry McGuigan Movies In the Name of the Father, Dream House, My Left Foot, Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin' Similar People Daniel Day‑Lewis, Christy Brown, Brenda Fricker, Kirsten Sheridan, Gerry Conlon | ||
Jim sheridan ifta winner 2010 director film for brothers kirsten sheridan accepts
Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. In the few years from 1989 to 1993, Sheridan made three acclaimed films set in Ireland (My Left Foot, The Field, and In the Name of the Father) that between them received 13 Academy Award nominations. Sheridan has personally received six Academy Award nominations. In addition to the above-mentioned films, he is also known for the films The Boxer and In America.
Contents
- Jim sheridan ifta winner 2010 director film for brothers kirsten sheridan accepts
- Europe autour de l europe 2014 interview with jim sheridan
- Life and career
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
- References
Europe autour de l europe 2014 interview with jim sheridan
Life and career
Jim Sheridan was born in Dublin, Ireland to Anna and Peter Sheridan Snr and raised in the inner city. He is the brother of playwright Peter Sheridan. The family ran a lodging house, while Anna Sheridan worked at a hotel and Peter Sheridan Snr was a railway clerk with CIÉ. Sheridan's early education was at a Christian Brothers school. In 1969 he attended University College Dublin to study English and History. He became involved in student theater there, where he met Neil Jordan, who also was later to become an important Irish film director. After graduating from UCD in 1972, Sheridan and his brother began writing and staging plays, and together founded the Project Theatre Company.
In 1981, Sheridan emigrated to Canada, but eventually settled in the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City. He enrolled in NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and became the artistic director of the Irish Arts Center.
Sheridan returned to Ireland in the late 1980s. In 1989, he directed My Left Foot, which became a critical and commercial success and won Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker Academy Awards. He followed that with The Field (with Richard Harris) in 1990; then with In the Name of the Father in 1993, a fictionalized re-telling of the case of the Guildford Four. The film won the Golden Bear at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1996 he co-wrote Some Mother's Son with Terry George. The Boxer (with Daniel Day-Lewis) was nominated for a Golden Globe for best film drama in 1997. In 2003, he released the semi-autobiographical In America, which tells the story of a family of Irish immigrants trying to succeed in New York. The film received positive reviews and earned Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou Academy Award nominations. In 2005 he released Get Rich or Die Tryin', a film starring rap star 50 Cent. He is connected with the upcoming film adaptation of Artemis Fowl and is rumoured to have written the screenplay and been asked to direct it.
Sheridan helmed the 2009 film Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, which was shot in New Mexico. He also directed the thriller Dream House, which starred Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards
Berlin Film Festival
British Academy Film Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
National Board of Review
Writers Guild of America