Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan

1949-02-06 Dublin, Ireland 41 Credits

Biography

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and In America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Sheridan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Re-Creation

Re-Creation

2025

Acting

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du...

Re-Creation

Re-Creation

2025

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

Directing Writing Producing

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du...

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

2025

as The Irishman

6.4
Acting

Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as the...

The Ghost

The Ghost

2025

Executive Producer

8.0
Producing

Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only ...

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022

Director

7.6
Directing

Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that enc...

The Ghost of Richard Harris

The Ghost of Richard Harris

2022

as Self

7.5
Acting

A candid and revealing insight into the private life and public career of Richard Harris. One of the most remarkable actors of his generation, the doc...

The Letters

The Letters

2021

Thanks

9.3

Set against the backdrop of the Cervical Check scandal that rocks Ireland "THE LETTERS" tells the story of three women from different walks of life wh...

11th Hour

11th Hour

2017

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

Based on a true story, 11th Hour recounts how, on the evening of 9/11, Maria Jose's bar is heaving with locals united in grief and a building rage.

The Secret Scripture

The Secret Scripture

2017

Writer, Producer, Director

7.3
Writing Producing Directing

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and ...

Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy

Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy

2014

as Himself

Acting

Actor Adrian Dunbar has played Brendan Behan on the stage many times, and now sets out on a journey to discover the real story of the poet and playwri...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion

Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion

2012

as Father O'Brien

5.0
Acting

A spirited 7-year-old, growing up in Dublin in the 1970's, can't wait to make her Catholic Holy Communion. The only problem is - she's a Jew.

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

2012

as Self

7.8
Acting

Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling, and Jo...

Dream House

Dream House

2011

Director

6.2
Directing

Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as...

Brothers

Brothers

2009

Director

7.3
Directing

When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to ...

What If?

2006

8.0
Acting

Two struggling stuntmen decide to write their own script.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

Director, Producer

6.8
Directing Producing

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004

as The King of Spain

5.1
Acting

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of seve...

The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife

The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife

2004

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

A carpenter repairs what he believes to be his wife's inadequacies.

In America

In America

2003

Screenplay, Producer, Director

7.2
Writing Producing Directing

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

2002

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

On the Edge

On the Edge

2001

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy

2001

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission i...

Agnes Browne

Agnes Browne

1999

Producer

6.4
Producing

Set in Dublin in 1967, the story of feisty woman, who along with her seven children, learns to cope with adversity after the unexpected death of her h...

The General

The General

1998

as CPAD Leader

6.7
Acting

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwant...

The Boxer

The Boxer

1997

Director, Writer, Producer

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlf...

This Is the Sea

This Is the Sea

1997

as Station Master

5.7
Acting

The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by...

Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son

1996

Writer, Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA pr...

Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

1996

as le prêtre

6.1
Acting

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest le...

Words Upon the Window Pane

Words Upon the Window Pane

1994

as Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift

Acting

In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel...

In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

1993

Producer, Director, Screenplay

7.9
Producing Directing Writing

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in ...

Into the West

Into the West

1992

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.

The Field

The Field

1990

Director, Screenplay

7.1
Directing Writing

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell...

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989

Director, Screenplay

7.5
Directing Writing

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and...

Mobile Homes

1979

as Shea

Acting

Shea, a young artist, is fighting for habitants of a trailer parking to have access to essential public commodities.

Mobile Homes

1979

Writer

Writing

Shea, a young artist, is fighting for habitants of a trailer parking to have access to essential public commodities.

Shelter me: Apollo House

N/A

as self

Acting

I Am a Man

N/A

Writer, Director, Producer

Writing Directing Producing

A depiction of the Ponca’s “Trail of Tears” march that led to the 1879 landmark trial of Standing Bear vs. the United States of America. This mostly u...

King of the Wind

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

The story of the 18th century Arabian colt that would go on to sire the modern thoroughbred bloodline, tracing the path of the so-called Darley stalli...

Into Africa and Out

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A father and his teenage daughter wind their way from from Ireland to Morocco with many pets in tow.

Hiba

N/A

Director

Directing

When young Hiba's sister runs away with a boy of a lower class, her family struggles to come to terms with the scandal.