Comments (0)

RECENT CREDITS
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (FILM)  Nov. 9, 2005
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey (FILM)  Jun. 10, 2005
In America (FILM)  Nov. 26, 2003
Borstal Boy (FILM)  Mar. 1, 2002
Bloody Sunday (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2002

BIOGRAPHY
Acomplished director/playwright of the Dublin and New York stage turned filmmaker. Sheridan had eight plays produced including the highly regarded "Spike in the First World War" (1983). "My Left Foot" (1989), his....
Acomplished director/playwright of the Dublin and New York stage turned filmmaker. Sheridan had eight plays produced including the highly regarded "Spike in the First World War" (1983). "My Left Foot" (1989), his feature debut, was based on the life of writer-painter Christy Brown who was challenged by cerebral palsy. Bolstered by Daniel Day-Lewis' Oscar-winning performance, the film earned international praise, resulting in a flood of offers from Hollywood for the neophyte director. Sheridan, however, chose to remain in Ireland where he wrote and directed "The Field" (1990). Featuring a tour-de-force performance by Richard Harris as a farmer who vigilantly defends his land from an American real estate developer, the film solidified Sheridan's reputation as an "actor's director".

Sheridan has continued to work in Ireland, writing the screenplay for Mike Newell's "Into the West" (1992), a delicate yet rousing "fairy tale" about two gypsy children who go on the lam with a possibly mystical white horse. He reteamed with Day-Lewis for "In the Name of the Father" (1993) to tell the story of Gerry Conlon. Conlon was thought to be the leader of the Guilford Four, a group wrongly prosecuted and imprisoned for 15 years for an IRA bombing. The film elicited condemnation in Great Britain where Sheridan, Day-Lewis and co-star Emma Thompson were accused of making an anti-English film. By contrast, it received glowing notices in the US where some critics likened the pairing of Sheridan and Day-Lewis to that of Scorsese and De Niro.



Latest Photo Galleries


Comments


*Indicates Mandatory

Advertisement

Recently Worked With...

50 Cent
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Released: Nov. 9, 2005

Robert DeNiro at the 18th Annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Century City, CA. 11-05-09
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey
Released: Jun. 10, 2005

Samantha Morton at the AFI Fest 2009 Screening of 'Everybody`s Fine,' Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA. 11-3-09
In America
Released: Nov. 26, 2003

Bloody Sunday
Released: Oct. 11, 2002

Shawn Hatosy
Borstal Boy
Released: Mar. 8, 2002


Fan Sites

Jim Sheridan Fansites

No fan sites available. Create the first!
Are you the #1 Jim Sheridan Fan? Sign Up To Create A Website Here.

Top 5 Celebrities

Jenna Jameson at the L.A. Premiere of 'Zombie Strippers' held at The Landmark Theatre.  Los Angeles, CA - 04-15-08
April 09, 1974
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958
Gary, Indiana, USA

Angelina Jolie at the Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2009 - Arrivals.  London, England - 02/08/09
June 04, 1975
Los Angeles, California, USA

Megan Fox up close at 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen' UK premiere
May 16, 1986
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA