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Jim Sheridan | |
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| Born | 6 February 1949 Dublin, Ireland |
| Other names | Shay |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter and producer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
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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) that received a combined 13 Academy Award nominations. 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 to Anna and Peter Sheridan Snr and raised in the inner city. 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[]
- You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart by Sinéad O'Connor (1994)
Awards and nominations[]
- 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
- 1994, Golden Bear – In the Name of the Father, winner[6]
- 1998, Golden Bear – The Boxer, nomination[9]
British Academy Film Awards
- Best Adapted Screenplay – In the Name of the Father (1993), nomination (as co-writer)
- 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[]
- ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Coach Carter", RogerEbert.com, 14 January 2005. Retrieved on 20 August 2006.
- ↑ "Jim Sheridan Biography (1949-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ↑ "Jim Sheridan: 'Cinema is kill, kill, kill'".
- ↑ "Irish Film Archive".
- ↑ "TCM Archive Materials".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ↑ "Naomi Watts Takes Residence in Murdered Family's 'Dream House'". Bloody Disgusting. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ↑ "Rachel Weisz Fills Uni's 'Dream House' Cast". Bloody Disgusting. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1998 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ↑ "Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan to receive Gregory Peck Award". IrishCentral.com. 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
External links[]
- Jim Sheridan on IMDb
- Jim Sheridan Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)
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