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Jim Sheridan

Birth Name:
Jim Sheridan
Birth Place:
Wicklow, Ireland
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Soundtrack, Music department
Jim Sheridan

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․""
  • 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
  • Created his own production company, Hell's Kitchen, in the early '90s after the launch of his professional directing debut
  • 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 MentionWinner
  • 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 AwardNominated
  • 1994BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Nominated
  • 1994Golden Berlin BearWinner
  • 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 RibbonNominated
  • 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 PrixWinner
  • 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 AwardWinner
  • 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
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