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Jim Sheridan

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Born: February 6, 1949
From: Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and In America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Sheridan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

In the Name of the Father

Dream House

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

The Secret Scripture

Filmography

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2026

Acting (Self)

2025

Re-Creation

Acting (Juror 1) Writing (Writer) Directing (Director) Production (Executive Producer)

Production (Executive Producer)

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

Production (Executive Producer) 5 EP

One Last Show in Taghmon

Production (Executive Producer)

2024

St Pancras Sunrise

Production (Executive Producer)

2022

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Directing (Director)

The Ghost of Richard Harris

Acting (Self)

2021

The Letters

Crew (Thanks)

Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie

Acting (Self. Presenter. Storyteller. Filmmaker) 5 EPDirecting (Director) 5 EPWriting (Writer) 5 EP

L'énigme : L'affaire Toscan du Plantier

Directing (Director) 5 EPCreating (Creator)

2017

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

The Secret Scripture

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Directing (Director)

2014

Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy

Acting (Himself)

2012

Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion

Acting (Father O'Brien)

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

Acting (Self)

Production (Executive Producer)

2011

Muide Éire

Acting (Self)

Dream House

Directing (Director)

2009

Directing (Director)

2006

2005

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

2004

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Acting (The King of Spain)

The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife

Acting (Narrator (voice))

2003

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer)

2002

Bloody Sunday

Production (Executive Producer)

2001

On the Edge

Production (Executive Producer)

Borstal Boy

Production (Executive Producer)

1999

Agnes Browne

Production (Producer)

1998

The General

Acting (CPAD Leader)

1997

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

This Is the Sea

Acting (Station Master)