Jim Sheridan

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.^[1]

(1949-02-06) 6 February 1949

Dublin, Ireland

Shay

1989–present

(2000)

(2001)

(2002)

Where's Daddy! (2006) (Short film)

Dollhouse (2012)

Omar Sharif's Tribute (2015) (Documentary)

Shelter me: Apollo House (2018) (Documentary)

First Disco (2019) (Short film)

Best Original Screenplay – (2004), nomination (as co-writer)

Best Adapted Screenplay – (1994), nomination (as co-writer)

Best Director – In the Name of the Father (1994), nomination (as director)

Best Picture – In the Name of the Father (1994), nomination (as producer)

Best Adapted Screenplay – (1990), nomination (as co-writer)

Best Director – My Left Foot (1990), nomination (as director)

Academy Awards

Berlin Film Festival

British Academy Film Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Independent Spirit Awards

National Board of Review

Writers Guild of America

Gregory Peck Award