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
Known For
Complete Filmography

Re-Creation
2025
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
2025
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
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
2025
as The Irishman
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
2025
Executive Producer
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
2022
Director
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
2022
as Self
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
2021
Thanks
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
2017
Director, Writer
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
2017
Writer, Producer, Director
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
2014
as Himself
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...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
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
2012
as Father O'Brien
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
2012
as Self
Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling, and Jo...

Dream House
2011
Director
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
2009
Director
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
Two struggling stuntmen decide to write their own script.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
Director, Producer
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
2004
as The King of Spain
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
2004
as Narrator (voice)
A carpenter repairs what he believes to be his wife's inadequacies.

In America
2003
Screenplay, Producer, Director
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
2002
Executive Producer
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
2001
Executive Producer
A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

Borstal Boy
2001
Executive Producer
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
1999
Producer
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
1998
as CPAD Leader
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
1997
Director, Writer, Producer
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
1997
as Station Master
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
1996
Writer, Producer
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
1996
as le prêtre
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
1994
as Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift
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
1993
Producer, Director, Screenplay
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
1992
Screenplay
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
1990
Director, Screenplay
"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
1989
Director, Screenplay
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
Shea, a young artist, is fighting for habitants of a trailer parking to have access to essential public commodities.
Mobile Homes
1979
Writer
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
I Am a Man
N/A
Writer, Director, Producer
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
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
A father and his teenage daughter wind their way from from Ireland to Morocco with many pets in tow.
Hiba
N/A
Director
When young Hiba's sister runs away with a boy of a lower class, her family struggles to come to terms with the scandal.