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Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee,〔Ebert, Roger. ("Coach Carter" ), RogerEbert.com, 14 January 2005. Retrieved on 20 August 2006.〕 Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films ''My Left Foot'', ''In the Name of the Father'', ''The Field'' and ''In America''. ==Life and career== Sheridan was born in Wicklow, the son of Anne and Pete Sheridan, an actor and railway worker. Sheridan was initially educated by the Irish Christian Brothers and later graduated from University College Dublin. He emigrated to Canada and then New York City in 1981.〔 In 1989 Sheridan wrote five plays. The first, an Irish beggar's opera called "The Ha'penny Place", was staged in the Project Arts Centre, and the second, a piece of agitprop theatre called "The Last Post", was staged nearby in Connolly Hall. 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 film won the Golden Bear at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners )〕 In 1996 he co-wrote ''Some Mother's Son'' with Terry George. ''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 connected with the upcoming film adaptation of ''Artemis Fowl'' and is rumoured to have written the screenplay and been asked to direct it. Sheridan helmed the 2009 film ''Brothers'', starring Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, which was shot in New Mexico. He also directed the thriller ''Dream House'', which starred Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz. Sheridan has three daughters, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Tess Sheridan, with whom he has collaborated, most notably with Naomi and Kirsten on the screenplay for ''In America''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Sheridan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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