Jim Sheridan

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Jim Sheridan
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Born (1949-02-06) 6 February 1949 (age 72)
Dublin, Ireland
Other namesShay
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, producer
Years active1989–present
Known for
ChildrenAmira Clodagh Sheridan, Tess Sheridan, Kristen Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed two critically acclaimed films set in Ireland (My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father). Sheridan has personally received six Academy Award nominations.[1] In addition to the above-mentioned films, he is also known for the films The Boxer and In America.

Life and career[]

Jim Sheridan was born in Dublin, Ireland on 6 February 1949.[2] He is the brother of playwright Peter Sheridan.[2] The family ran a lodging house, while Anna Sheridan worked at a hotel and Peter Sheridan Snr was a railway clerk with CIÉ.[3] 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 in the late 1970s began working with the Project Theatre Company.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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. The film was Sheridan's third collaboration with Day-Lewis after My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father, making him the only director to work with Day-Lewis on three films. 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.

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,[7] which starred Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz.[8]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Filmmaking credits[]

Title Year Director Producer Writer Notes
My Left Foot 1989 Yes No Yes Directorial Debut
The Field 1990 Yes No Yes
Into the West 1992 No No Yes
In the Name of the Father 1993 Yes Yes Yes
Some Mother's Son 1996 No Yes Yes
The Boxer 1997 Yes Yes Yes
Agnes Browne 1999 No Yes No
Borstal Boy 2000 No Executive No
On the Edge 2001 No Executive No
Bloody Sunday 2002 No Executive No
In America 2002 Yes Yes Yes
Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2005 Yes Yes No
Where's Daddy! 2006 No Executive No Short film
Brothers 2009 Yes No No
Dream House 2011 Yes No No
Dollhouse 2012 No Executive No
The Secret Scripture 2016 Yes Yes Yes
11th Hour 2017 Yes No Yes Short film
First Disco 2019 No Executive No Short film
Lockerbie TBA Yes No Yes Announced
Hitmanforhire.net TBA No Executive No Announced

Acting credits[]

Title Year Role Notes
Words Upon the Window Pane 1994 Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift
The General 1998 CPAD Leader
The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife 2004 Narrator (voice) Short film
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2004 The King of Spain
What If 2006 Himself Short film
Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion 2012 Father O'Brien Short film
The Family Way 2017 Eugene Short film
Death by Prescription TBA Seamus Pre-production

Documentaries[]

Title Year Credited as
A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2006 Producer Short film
Omar Sharif's Tribute 2015 Executive producer
The Making of the Secret Scripture 2017 Executive producer
Inside Apollo House 2017 Executive producer Television film
The Making of 11th Hour 2017 Executive producer Short film
Shelter me: Apollo House 2018 Executive producer

Television series[]

Title Year Credited as Notes
Thursday Play Date 1979 Writer and actor Episode "Mobile Homes"

Music video[]

Awards and nominations[]

Academy Awards

  • Best Original Screenplay – In America (2004), nomination (as co-writer)
  • Best Adapted Screenplay – In the Name of the Father (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 – My Left Foot (1990), nomination (as co-writer)
  • Best Director – My Left Foot (1990), nomination (as director)

Berlin Film Festival

British Academy Film Awards

  • Best Adapted Screenplay – In the Name of the Father (1993), nomination (as co-writer)

Golden Globe Awards

  • Best Screenplay – In America (2002), nomination (as co-writer)
  • Best Director – The Boxer (1997), nomination

Independent Spirit Awards

  • Best Director – In America (2002), nomination
  • Best Director - The Secret Scripture (2016), nomination
  • Best Director - Brothers (2009), winner
  • Lifetime Achievement Award - (2015), Winner

National Board of Review

  • Best Original Screenplay – In America (2002), winner (as co-writer)

Writers Guild of America

  • Best Original Screenplay – In America (2002), nomination (as co-writer)

Gregory Peck Award

  • Lifetime Achievement - Dingle International Film Festival (2009)[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Ebert, Roger. "Coach Carter", RogerEbert.com, 14 January 2005. Retrieved on 20 August 2006.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jim Sheridan Biography (1949-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  3. ^ "Jim Sheridan: 'Cinema is kill, kill, kill'".
  4. ^ "Irish Film Archive".
  5. ^ "TCM Archive Materials".
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  7. ^ "Naomi Watts Takes Residence in Murdered Family's 'Dream House'". Bloody Disgusting. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Rachel Weisz Fills Uni's 'Dream House' Cast". Bloody Disgusting. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Berlinale: 1998 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  10. ^ "Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan to receive Gregory Peck Award". IrishCentral.com. 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2019-08-19.

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