Jim Sheridan

Directing

Jim Sheridan

Born February 6, 1949 · Dublin, Ireland (age 77)

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

BrothersBrothers · 2009
Brothers
★ 7.32009
MovieDramaThriller
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 look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
Get Rich or Die Tryin'Get Rich or Die Tryin' · 2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
★ 6.82005
MovieDramaCrime
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
In the Name of the FatherIn the Name of the Father · 1993
In the Name of the Father
★ 7.91993
MovieDrama
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 prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Dream HouseDream House · 2011
Dream House
★ 6.22011
MovieMysteryDrama
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 they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown · 1989
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
★ 7.51989
MovieDrama
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 essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Bloody SundayBloody Sunday · 2002
Bloody Sunday
★ 7.22002
MovieDramaHistory
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
The BoxerThe Boxer · 1997
The Boxer
★ 6.71997
MovieDramaRomance
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 girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
The Secret ScriptureThe Secret Scripture · 2017
The Secret Scripture
★ 7.22017
MovieDramaRomance
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 political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

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