- Jim Sheridan
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Film Director
DIRECTORS
Contact
Agent
- Bob Bookman
Filmography
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Lockerbie (announced)
TBD — Feature Film -
Old Stoneface (in pre-production)
TBD — Feature Film -
In Absentia (filming)
TBD — TV Series Documentary -
The Devil's Advocate (in post-production)
TBD — TV Mini-Series Documentary -
Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie
2021 — TV Mini-Series Documentary 5 × — 61 mins -
11th Hour
2017 — Short Film — 11 mins -
The Secret Scripture
2016 — Feature Film — 108 mins -
Surf City (attached)
2014 — TV Series -
Dream House
2011 — Feature Film — 92 mins -
Brothers
2009 — Feature Film — 105 mins -
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
2005 — Feature Film — 117 mins -
In America
2003 — Feature Film — 105 mins -
The Boxer
1997 — Feature Film — 113 mins -
Sinéad O'Connor: You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart
1994 — Music Video — 5 mins -
In the Name of the Father
1993 — Feature Film — 133 mins -
The Field
1990 — Feature Film — 107 mins -
My Left Foot
1989 — Feature Film — 103 mins
Awards
- 1994 — Nominee
Academy Award — Best Picture, Best Director. In the Name of the Father - 1990 — Nominee
Academy Award — Best Director. My Left Foot - 1990 — Nominee
BAFTA Awards — Best Film. My Left Foot - 1994 — Nominee
20/20 Awards — Best Director. In the Name of the Father - 2004 — Nominee
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards — Best Director. In America - 2003 — Winner
AFI Fest — Best Feature Film. In America - 1990 — Winner
Angers European First Film Festival — Feature Film. My Left Foot - 1994 — Nominee
Australian Film Institute — Best Foreign Film Award . In the Name of the Father - 1993 — Nominee
Awards Circuit Community Awards — Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Directing. In the Name of the Father - 2004 — Winner
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards — Britannia Award. - 2004 — Winner
Bangkok International Film Festival — Best Director. In America - 2004 — Nominee
Bangkok International Film Festival — Best Film. In America - 1998 — Winner
Berlin International Film Festival — Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost". The Boxer - 1998 — Nominee
Berlin International Film Festival — Best Film. The Boxer - 1994 — Winner
Berlin International Film Festival — Golden Berlin Bear. In the Name of the Father - 2003 — Winner
Boston Irish Film Festival — Excellence Award. - 2003 — Nominee
British Independent Film Awards — Best Director. In America - 2004 — Nominee
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards — Best Director. In America - 2013 — Winner
Camerimage — Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing . - 2015 — Winner
Capri, Hollywood — Capri Legend Award. - 2011 — Winner
CinEuphoria Awards — Top Ten of the Year - International Competition, Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award. Brothers - 1994 — Winner
David di Donatello Awards — Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero). In the Name of the Father - 2009 — Winner
Dingle International Film Festival — Gregory Peck Award: For Excellence in The Art of Film. - 1994 — Nominee
European Film Awards — European Film of the Year. In the Name of the Father - 1989 — Nominee
European Film Awards — Young European Film of the Year, European Director of the Year. My Left Foot - 1995 — Winner
Evening Standard British Film Awards — Best Film. In the Name of the Father - 2012 — Winner
Film by the Sea International Film Festival — Lifetime Achievement Award . - 2004 — Nominee
Film Independent Spirit Awards — Best Feature, Best Director. In America - 1990 — Winner
Film Independent Spirit Awards — Best Foreign Film. My Left Foot - 2003 — Winner
Ghent International Film Festival — Grand Prix. In America - 1998 — Nominee
Golden Globes, USA — Best Director- Motion Picture. The Boxer - 1999 — Winner
Goya Awards — Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea). The Boxer - 1991 — Winner
Guild of German Art House Cinemas — Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film). My Left Foot - 2003 — Winner
High Falls Film Festival — Best Feature. In America - 2003 — Nominee
Humanitas Prize — Sundance Film Category. In America - 1994 — Nominee
Humanitas Prize — Feature Film Category. In the Name of the Father - 2017 — Nominee
Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Film, Best Director- Film. The Secret Scripture - 2015 — Winner
Irish Film and Television Awards — Lifetime Achievement Award . - 2010 — Winner
Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Director for Film. Brothers - 1995 — Nominee
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists — European Silver Ribbon. In the Name of the Father - 1989 — Special Mention
Montréal World Film Festival — Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. My Left Foot - 1989 — Nominee
New York Film Critics Circle Awards — Best New Director. My Left Foot - 2004 — Nominee
Online Film & Television Association — Best Picture. In America - 2004 — Winner
Palm Springs International Film Festival — Distinguished Achievement Award. - 2004 — Winner
PGA Awards — Stanley Kramer Award. In America - 2004 — Nominee
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards — Best Director. In America - 2013 — Winner
Pusan International Film Festival — Hand Printing. - 2004 — Winner
Satellite Awards — Best Director. In America
Following a career in the theatre, Jim Sheridan wrote and directed ‘My Left Foot’ in 1989, followed by ‘The Field’ which he also wrote and directed. In the same year he wrote ‘Into The West’. In 1993 he wrote, directed and produced ‘In The Name of the Father’ and in 1995 he wrote and produced ‘Some Mothers Son’. In 1997 he wrote, produced and directed ‘The Boxer’ and in 1999 produced ‘Agnes Browne’. He also executive produced ‘Borstal Boy’, ‘On The Edge’ and ‘Bloody Sunday’.
‘In America’ which he produced, directed and wrote was released in 2003. In 2005 he directed and produced ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’. ‘Brothers’ was released in 2009 and ‘Dream House’ was released in 2011.
His films have won two Academy Awards, sixteen Academy Award nominations and numerous international awards.