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Jim Sheridan Biography

Birth Name:Jim Sheridan

Birth Place:Wicklow, Ireland

Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Soundtrack, Music department

Fast Facts

His 1993 film "In the Name of the Father" was awarded the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994
After graduating from the University College of Dublin, he would emigrate to Canada and later New York in the early '80s
Quote: "It's the limitation of reality that's the most interesting part of writing any story․"
Quote: "(On his film "In America") "Sometimes the facts were more extraordinary than the fiction․""
Created his own production company, Hell's Kitchen, in the early '90s after the launch of his professional directing debut
After years of writing plays in New York, he would eventually relocate in the early '90s to helm his first feature film, "My Left Foot", a critical success that would earn both Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker Oscar wins
Wrote the screenplay for 2002's "In America" with the help of his two daughters who are now writers themselves

Awards

1989European Film Award-European Director of the Year: nominated
1989European Film Award-Young European Film of the Year: nominated
1989Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention-: winner
1989NYFCC Award-Best New Director: nominated
1990Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1990Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
1990Audience Award-Feature Film: winner
1990BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
1990BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1990Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1990WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
1991Guild Film Award - Silver-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
1993ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
1993ACCA-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
1993ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
1994Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
1994Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1994Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
1994Best Foreign Film Award-: nominated
1994BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
1994Golden Berlin Bear-: winner
1994David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1994European Film Award-European Film of the Year: nominated
1994Humanitas Prize-Feature Film Category: nominated
1994PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
1994WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
1995Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Film: winner
1995European Silver Ribbon-: nominated
1998Golden Berlin Bear-Best Film: nominated
1998Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"-: winner
1998Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
1999Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): winner
2003Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
2003ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2003British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2003Grand Prix-: winner
2003Audience Award-Best Feature: winner
2003Humanitas Prize-Sundance Film Category: nominated
2003NBR Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2003NYFCO Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2003SEFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2003VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2004Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Movies for Grownups Award-Best Screenwriter: winner
2004Oscar-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: nominated
2004Golden Kinnaree Award-Best Director: winner
2004Golden Kinnaree Award-Best Film: nominated
2004COFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
2004Critics Choice Award-Best Writer: winner
2004Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
2004INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2004Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
2004OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2004Stanley Kramer Award-: winner
2004PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2004PFCS Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
2004Golden Satellite Award-Best Director: winner
2004WGA Award (Screen)-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2010Felix-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2010IFTA Award-Best Director for Film: winner
2011CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
2011CinEuphoria-Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award: winner
2014Felix-Best Director: nominated
2014Felix-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2017IFTA Award-Best Film: nominated
2017IFTA Award-Best Director - Film: nominated