Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan
Born	(1949-02-06) 6 February 1949 (age 75) Dublin, Ireland
Other names	Shay
Occupations	Film director screenwriter producer playwright
Years active	1979–present
Known for	My Left Foot (1989) In the Name of the Father (1993) The Boxer (1997) In America (2002)

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 received six Academy Award nominations.^[1]