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Jim Sheridan

DIRECTOR · BORN 1949

Jim Sheridan

Born
6 February 1949
Known for
In the Name of the Father (1993), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)

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Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is a director and screenwriter best known for In the Name of the Father and The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

13 Interesting Facts About Jim Sheridan

Interesting Facts (8)

  1. #001

    Jim Sheridan has said that the thing he is proudest of in his career is the child performances in his 2002 film Amerika.

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    Sheridan spends a long time developing his projects before they go into production. During these periods, his main source of income is directing corporate videos and commercials for large companies in Asian countries.

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  3. #003

    Jim Sheridan was 40 years old when he shot his first feature film.

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  4. #004

    In addition to directing, Jim Sheridan wrote the screenplays for two films: "Into the West", starring Brendan Gleeson, and "Some Mother's Son", starring David O'Hara. Both of these Irish actors appeared together in Mel Gibson's Braveheart (1995). Not only that, Irish actor John Kavanagh appeared in all three of the above films.

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  5. #005

    In an interview for Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), Sheridan said that when he tried singing in a band he realized he was slightly tone deaf and did not have a wide vocal range.

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  6. #006

    Jim Sheridan has four daughters: his youngest daughter, Clodagh Amira Sheridan, with his partner, Moroccan film director Zahara Moufid, and three daughters with Fran Sheridan: Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Tess Sheridan.

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  7. #007

    Jim Sheridan owns a champion thoroughbred racehorse named Vinnie Roe.

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  8. #008

    He wrote the screenplay for In America (2002) together with his daughters.

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Career & Awards (2)

  1. #009

    He directed seven actors to Oscar-nominated roles: Brenda Fricker, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Harris, Emma Thompson and Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis was nominated twice for Sheridan's films and won for "My Left Foot". Fricker won the Best Supporting Actress award for the same film.

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  2. #010

    He directed two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: My Left Foot (1989) and In the Name of the Father (1993).

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Life & Family (3)

  1. #011

    Jim Sheridan is the brother of Peter Sheridan and the late Frankie Sheridan.

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  2. #012

    In America (2002) was largely based on his own family's struggles in New York in the early 1980s. Jim Sheridan lived in New York with his wife and children between 1981 and 1989, before returning to Ireland to make My Left Foot (1989).

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  3. #013

    Jim Sheridan is the father of Irish writers Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan.

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Sources & editorial notes

Reference databases

  • Wikipedia English Wikipedia article
  • IMDb IMDb name page (biography and trivia)

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