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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....
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Filmography

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I, Claudius - ( Director / / Announced / )
I, Claudius - ( Producer / / Announced / )
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Ikiru (remake) - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )
Tesis - ( Director / / Announced / )
Tesis - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Bells of Hell - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Brothers (Remake) - ( Director / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
The Yellow Handkerchief - ( Screenplay / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Get Rich or Die Tryin' - ( Director / 2005 / Released / )
Get Rich or Die Tryin' - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / )
Get Rich or Die Tryin' - ( Song / 2005 / Released / )
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey - ( King Philip V of Spain / 2005 / Released / )
In America - ( Director / 2003 / Released / )
In America - ( Producer / 2003 / Released / )
In America - ( Screenplay / 2003 / Released / )
Bloody Sunday - ( Executive Producer / 2002 / Released / Cine Art/Cine Libre )
Borstal Boy - ( Executive Producer / 2002 / Released / )
Catch the Sun - ( Producer / 2002 / Released / )
Agnes Browne - ( Producer / 2000 / Released / )
Best - ( Bob Bishop / 2000 / Released / )
The Boxer - ( Director / 1998 / Released / )
The Boxer - ( Producer / 1998 / Released / )
The Boxer - ( Screenplay / 1998 / Released / )
The General - ( CPAD Leader / 1998 / Released / )
This is the Sea - ( Station Master / 1997 / Released / )
Moll Flanders - ( Priest / 1996 / Released / )
Moll Flanders - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / )
Some Mother's Son - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / Ranks )
Some Mother's Son - ( Screenplay / 1996 / Released / Ranks )
Words Upon the Window Pane - ( Jonathan Swift / 1995 / Released / Eclipse Pictures (fka Clarence Pictures) )
In the Name of the Father - ( Director / 1993 / Released / )
In the Name of the Father - ( Producer / 1993 / Released / )
In the Name of the Father - ( Screenplay / 1993 / Released / )
Into the West - ( Screenplay / 1993 / Released / Little Bird Films )
The Field - ( Director / 1990 / Released / Treesdale Ltd )
The Field - ( Screenplay / 1990 / Released / Treesdale Ltd )
My Left Foot - ( Director / 1989 / Released / Ferndale Productions )
My Left Foot - ( Screenplay / 1989 / Released / Ferndale Productions )

TV Credits
The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation ( 1994 / Released ): Actor

Full Biography (Back to top)


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.


Profession(s):
director, screenwriter, cab driver, club manager
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
brother:Frank Sheridan (younger; died in 1966 of a brain tumor at age 10)
brother:Gerard Sheridan (younger)
brother:John Sheridan (younger)
brother:Peter Sheridan (born c. 1952; married with four children; wrote two autobiographies, "44, A Dublin Memoir" (1999) and "Forty-Seven Roses" (2001))
daughter:Kristen Sheridan (made debut feature "Disco Pigs" (2001); appeared in "My Left Foot")
daughter:Naomi Sheridan
father:Peter Sheridan (Sheridan began working at the theater at age 16; died in 1994)
mother:Anna Sheridan (died in 1998)
sister:Ita Sheridan (younger)
wife:Fran Sheridan (had three children with Sheridan)

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Education
University College Dublin, Ireland
New York University New York, New York film 1981
Awards (Back to top)

Stanley Kramer Award Recognizing an achievement or contribution that illuminates provocative social "In America" 2004
The Critics' Choice Awards Best Writer "In America" 2003
Goya Best European Film "The Boxer" 1999
David di Donatello Prize Best Foreign Film "In the Name of the Father" 1994
Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear "In the Name of the Father" 1993
Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film "My Left Foot" 1990
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Award Best Play "Spike in the First World War" 1983

Milestones (Back to top)

2005 Directed the urban drama "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" a film loosely based on the life of rapper 50 Cent, who makes his acting debut
2003 Produced, wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical drama "In America", originally titled East of Harlem; nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best director; earned Golden Globe and Oscar
2000 Was executive producer of "Borstal Boy", a biopic of Irish author Brendan Behan
1999 Served as producer on "Agnes Browne", helmed by Anjelica Huston
1997 Reteamed with Day-Lewis for "The Boxer"; wrote, produced and directed the character study; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director
1996 Wrote and produced the IRA-themed drama "Some Mother's Son"
1993 Feature debut as a producer, "In the Name of the Father", starring Daniel Day-Lewis; also wrote and directed; received Acadeny Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay
1989 Film directing and screenwriting debut, "My Left Foot"; received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay
1981 Moved to Canada
1981 Moved to New York
1981 Enrolled at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
1976 - 1980 Founded (and served as the artistic director) the Project Arts Centre in Dublin
Raised in Dublin, Ireland
Contracted scarlet fever at age seven and nearly died
Formed "Children's T" theater company after graduating from college
Artistic director of New York's Irish Arts Centre
Worked as a cab driver while serving as artistic director of the Irish Arts Centre
Wrote a biography of Irish boxing champion Barry McGuigan
Started production company, Hell's Kitchen Productions; partnered with Arthur Lappin

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