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My Take
What strikes me about Jim Sheridan is the run he had from 1989 to 1993. Three films set in Ireland — My Left Foot, The Field, and In the Name of the Father — and all three landed as critical heavyweights. That kind of concentrated streak is rare, and it tells me he wasn't chasing trends; he kept circling back to Irish stories and the people inside them. Six Academy Award nominations back that up. He later widened his range with The Boxer and In America, but I still think of him as the Dublin filmmaker who proved you can build a major career on deeply local material.
Overview
Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed the films The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009). Sheridan has received six Academy Award nominations for his work.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jim Sheridan
- Name (Japanese)
- ジム・シェリダン
- Reading
- じむ・しぇりだん
- Born
- February 6, 1949 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
- Origin
- Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University College Dublin
Awards & achievements
- 1999 Goya Award for Best European Film
- 1994 Golden Bear
- 2022 Annual award ACFK
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | My Left Foot | — | |
| Notable work | The Field | — | |
| Notable work | In the Name of the Father | — | |
| Notable work | The Boxer | — | |
| Notable work | In America | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.