Jim Sheridan

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Biography

Having been a successful theater director and journeyman actor in his native Ireland, feature director Jim Sheridan emigrated to the United States in 1981 with less than a hundred dollars in his pocket. Sheridan spent the next several years struggling to make ends meet until he directed first feature, "My Left Foot" (1989), which marked the first of several successful collaborations with actor and fellow Irishman Daniel Day-Lewis, while …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Music, Other

Born

February 6, 1949

LATEST CREDITS

Moll Flanders

Priest

Words Upon the Window Pane

Jonathan Swift

The Bridge Of San Luis Rey

King Philip V of Spain

This is the Sea

Station Master

Best

Bob Bishop

The General

CPAD Leader

The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation

Presenter

Brothers

Director

My Left Foot

Director

The Field

Director

In America

Director, Producer

Dream House

Director

In the Name of the Father

Director, Producer

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Director, Producer

The Boxer

Director, Producer

Catch the Sun

Producer

Bloody Sunday

Executive Producer

The Bells of Hell

Producer

Borstal Boy

Executive Producer

Some Mother's Son

Producer

Agnes Browne

Producer