Portrait of Jim Sheridan

Directing

Jim Sheridan

Career

Active from 1979 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
GoodWatch score89/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    2004 · Nominated · 76th Academy Awards

    In America

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Directing

    1994 · Nominated · 66th Academy Awards

    In the Name of the Father

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    1994 · Nominated · 66th Academy Awards

    In the Name of the Father

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    1994 · Nominated · 66th Academy Awards

    In the Name of the Father

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Directing

    1990 · Nominated · 62nd Academy Awards

    My Left Foot

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    1990 · Nominated · 62nd Academy Awards

    My Left Foot

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jim Sheridan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • True Crime 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Historical Event 2
  • Powerful Performances 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Redemption Story 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
King of the Wind
King of the Wind

Screenplay, Director

Standing Bear
Standing Bear

Writer, Director

Hiba
Hiba

Director

Into Africa and Out
Into Africa and Out

Director, Writer

2020s

7 titles · average score 53
Re-Creation
Re-Creation (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

as Juror 1

The Ghost
The Ghost (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

Executive Producer

Juliet & Romeo
Juliet & Romeo (2025)
GoodWatch score 36

as The Irishman

One Last Show in Taghmon
One Last Show in Taghmon (2025)

Executive Producer

St Pancras Sunrise
St Pancras Sunrise (2024)

Executive Producer

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
GoodWatch score 46

Director

The Letters
The Letters (2021)

Thanks

2010s

5 titles · average score 50
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture (2017)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer, Producer

11th Hour
11th Hour (2017)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Writer

Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion
Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion (2012)

as Father O'Brien

Dollhouse
Dollhouse (2012)
GoodWatch score 47

Executive Producer

Dream House
Dream House (2011)
GoodWatch score 37

Director

2000s

8 titles · average score 61
Brothers
Brothers (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer, Director

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
GoodWatch score 34

as The King of Spain

The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife
The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife (2004)

as Narrator (voice)

In America
In America (2003)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Producer

Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (2002)
GoodWatch score 84

Executive Producer

On the Edge
On the Edge (2001)
GoodWatch score 67

Executive Producer

Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy (2001)
GoodWatch score 47

Executive Producer

1990s

10 titles · average score 65
Agnes Browne
Agnes Browne (1999)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer

The General
The General (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as CPAD Leader

The Boxer
The Boxer (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer, Director

This Is the Sea
This Is the Sea (1997)
GoodWatch score 50

as Station Master

Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son (1996)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer, Producer

Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders (1996)
GoodWatch score 53

as le prêtre

Words Upon the Window Pane
Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)

as Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift

In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father (1993)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Screenplay

Into the West
Into the West (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

The Field
The Field (1990)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay, Director

1980s

1 title · average score 89
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay, Director

1970s

1 title
Mobile Homes
Mobile Homes (1979)

as Shea