Ireland

Jim Sheridan

9 films · 1989 to 2026
Born 6 February 1949, Dublin

Jim Sheridan 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.

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Films

Brothers
Brothers
2009
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
1993
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture
2017
In America
In America
2003
The Boxer
The Boxer
1997
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
2026
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022

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