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Jim Sheridan

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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

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

In the Name of the Father

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Brothers

Directed

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Directed

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

Executive Producer

The Secret Scripture

Directed

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Directed

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Quiet Art of the British Character Actor

Eight films that celebrate the scene-stealers, the scene-setters, and the soul of British cinema: the character actors who make every frame richer.

8 films

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Collaborators & neighbours

Directed

The Secret Scripture

2017

Brothers

2009

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

In the Name of the Father

1993

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989

Wrote

The Secret Scripture

2017

In the Name of the Father

1993

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989

Produced

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

2025

The Secret Scripture

2017

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

In the Name of the Father

1993