Born in Dublin in 1949, Jim Sheridan ran an experimental theatre company before moving into film. His debut My Left Foot (1989), the story of the writer and painter Christy Brown who had cerebral palsy, won Daniel Day-Lewis an Oscar. He followed with The Field (1990), In the Name of the Father (1993), about the wrongly convicted Guildford Four, which won the Golden Bear in Berlin, and The Boxer (1997). Later films include the semi-autobiographical In America (2002).
Filmography
- My Left Foot (1989)
- The Field (1990)
- In the Name of the Father (1993)
- The Boxer (1997)
- In America (2002)