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This article is about the film director. For the UK Labour politician, see James Sheridan.

Jim Sheridan (born February 6, 1949) is a film director who was born in Dublin, Ireland. Initially educated by the Irish Christian Brothers he later graduated from University College Dublin. In 1989 he directed My Left Foot, which became a critical and commercial success and won Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker Academy Awards. He followed that with The Field (with Richard Harris) in 1990; then with In the Name of the Father in 1993, a fictionalized re-telling of the case of the Guildford Four. The Boxer (with Daniel Day-Lewis) was nominated for a Golden Globe for best film drama in 1997. In 2003, he released the semi-autobiographical In America, which tells the story of a family of Irish immigrants trying to succeed in New York. The film received positive reviews and earned Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou Academy Award nominations. In 2005 he released Get Rich or Die Tryin', a film starring rap star 50 Cent. He is married and has three daughters - Naomi, Kirstin and Tess.

Filmography

• Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2005)
• In America (2003)
• The Boxer (1997)
• In the Name of the Father (1993)
• The Field (1990)
• My Left Foot (1989)

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