Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan

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name = Jim Sheridan

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Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee,Ebert, Roger. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050113/REVIEWS/41228004/1001 "Coach Carter"] , RogerEbert.com, 14 January 2005. Retrieved on 20 August 2006.] Sheridan is perhaps best known for "My Left Foot", "In the Name of the Father", and "In America".

Biography

Born in Dublin, Sheridan was initially educated by the Irish Christian Brothers and later graduated from University College Dublin.

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. 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. 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. He is connected with the upcoming film Artemis Fowl and is rumoured to have written the screenplay and has been asked to direct it.

He is currently in production on the film Brothers (2009 film), starring Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, in New Mexico.

Sheridan has three daughters, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Tess Sheridan, with whom he has collaborated, most notably with Naomi and Kirsten on the screenplay for "In America".

Thoroughbred horse racing

Filmography

* "My Left Foot" (1989)
* "The Field" (1990)
* "In the Name of the Father" (1993)
* "Some Mother's Son" (1996) (writing credit)
* "The Boxer" (1997)
* "In America" (2003)
* "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (2005)
* "Brothers" (2009)
* "Emerald City" (TBA)

References

External links

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