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Jim Sheridan

1949 - Today

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Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed the films The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009). Sheridan has received six Academy Award nominations for his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Sheridan is the 673rd most popular film director (down from 614th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 120th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jim Sheridan ranks 673 out of 2,041. Before him are Claude Miller, Steven Zaillian, James Whale, Henri Colpi, Alejandro Amenábar, and Erik Balling. After him are Georges Franju, Hamo Beknazarian, João César Monteiro, Andrew Marton, Andrzej Munk, and Cary Joji Fukunaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jim Sheridan ranks 304. Before him are Ivan Patzaichin, John Madden, Sally Potter, John Akii-Bua, Geoff Pierson, and George Harris. After him are Juha Mieto, Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, Flora Brovina, Gérard Larcher, Jack Bender, and Ricardo Zunino.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Jim Sheridan ranks 155 out of 549. Before him are Daniel O'Connell (1775), Roger Casement (1864), Edward Sabine (1788), Adomnán (624), Micheál Martin (1960), and Dan O'Herlihy (1919). After him are Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Hozier (1990), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Robbie Keane (1980), Aphex Twin (1971), and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Jim Sheridan ranks 2. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950). After him are Herbert Brenon (1880), Steve Barron (1956), Rex Ingram (1892), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), and John Moore (1970).

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