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JIM SHERIDAN

Jim’s films have been nominated for

16 Academy Awards, 14 Golden Globes,

3 WGA's, 8 BAFTA's, 3 Berlinale, and 8 IFTA Awards

Jim behind the camera

IFTA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

FILMOGRAPHY

Year     Title  

                                            

1989      My Left Foot         

1990      The Field            

1992      Into the West    

1993      In the Name of the Father 

1995      Three Moons

 

1996      Some Mother’s Son  

 

1997      The Boxer

1999       Agnes Browne

2002      In America

2005       Get Rich or Die Tryin’

2009       Brothers 

2011         Dream House

2016        The Secret Scripture

2017        11th Hour

2018        Shelter Me

2021        Murder at the Cottage

2023       Peter O'Toole, Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2023       North Star

2024       Re-Creation 

2024       Standing Bear 

2024       Lockerbie 

2025       Dusty

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JIM'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS SHOWREEL

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LATEST NEWS & PROJECTS FROM JIM

An Taibhse (The Ghost)

The first ever Irish language horror feature film to premier at Galway Film Fleadh.

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An Taibhse (The Ghost), the first Irish language horror film ever made. Executive Produced by the visionary director Jim Sheridan, six-time Oscar nominee, this groundbreaking cinematic horror brings forth a bone-chilling tale set in the haunting backdrop of Ireland's notorious famine era.

Transporting you back to the year 1852, amidst the bleakness of a desolate Ireland. The story follows Éamon and his daughter Máire, who are employed as caretakers for an isolated Georgian Mansion during the harsh winter months. Little do they know that this seemingly peaceful assignment will unleash a nightmare of supernatural proportions.

As the bitter cold winds howl through the desolate landscape, a malevolent force begins to stir within the mansion's walls. Dark secrets of the past awaken. With every creaking floorboard and flickering candle, the suspense intensifies, and the characters' sanity hangs by a thread.

Prepare to be captivated by the stunning cinematography, expertly crafted set designs, and an exceptional cast that brings the characters to life with raw emotion and palpable fear. With every twist and turn, An Taibhse weaves together elements of folklore, history, and the supernatural, taking you on a terrifying journey that will leave you questioning the very fabric of reality.

DUSTY THE MOVIE, A JIM SHERIDAN FILM.
 

Soul Singing Sensation, Magnificent 60s Icon & Trailblazer Social Activist.

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Dusty Springfield – her music and extraordinary life, is finally getting its first motion picture outing with support from Screen Ireland, inspired by the star’s largely unknown Irish heritage. 

 

Six times Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan has been signed up to direct the untold and moving story of Dusty Springfield, the 1960’s soul-singer and aims to bring her life and music to a new generation. The iconic singing sensation, born Mary O’Brien from Irish immigrant stock in London, came out as gay in 1972, was kicked out of South Africa in 1965 for refusing to sing in front of a segregated audience, and fought for dozens of other causes while embracing the ‘Swinging 60s’ and struggling with her own demons. 

 

The acclaimed star who spent most of her adult life in the UK and the US, died in 1999 and had her ashes cast off the dramatic Cliffs of Moher, on the West Coast of Ireland.

Titled ‘Dusty’, the film tracks the journey taken by the young Mary O’Brien – from her shy and timid persona with a hauntingly unique singing voice - into her triumphant alter ego, Dusty Springfield. Secretly gay, Mary, lived her life trapped in agonising silence before overcoming her convent school, Irish Catholic background, to transform herself into a daring alter ego - Dusty Springfield. Her silky, and sensual voice went on to define the sound of the sixties, with songs such as ‘I Only Want to Be with You’….’Son Of A Preacher Man’….’You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’. 

 

Jim Sheridan tracks the highlights and low-lights of her life and interweaves her fight for sexual equality and social justice with the loves and struggles of her own existence - from her love affair with Motown music - to her first meaningful relationship with a black female backing singer in New York. 

 

Sheridan is excited about getting inside the remarkable transition from the shy, shamed Mary O’Brien, into the dazzling gay icon that Dusty became.

 

He said: ‘Suffering for her challenges, fighting other people’s causes, she endured mental agony before finally reconciling herself and her sexuality in harmony with her music and her audience. In the end, Dusty reconnects with the real Mary O’Brien and is happy to do so and that is the essence of the story we are keen to capture’.

 

It is familiar territory for Sheridan who directed the 2005 cult favourite ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (Paramount) with ‘Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson based loosely on his 2002 album of the same name. 

 

I am tremendously excited to be part of the project and to take on the challenge of telling the story and revelling in the music of an extraordinary woman and singing sensation. She wore every cause on her sleeves and fought against racism, promoted gender equality and gay pride at great cost to her personal and professional life. Her life and her music are built for a biopic of this type and her Irish background and life among the Irish diaspora of London really appeals to me and it is a world that I know very well. She was a remarkable woman, decades ahead of her time’.

Sheridan is sharing the writing credit with young British writer, Sameera Steward who had been working on an adaptation of the acclaimed biography of the star by Karen Bartlett; Dusty Springfield ‘An Intimate Portrait of a Music Legend’ for UK producers, Bob Blagden and Tony Virgo (Little by Little). The Irish production company Dare Films Ireland, which worked with Sheridan on a recent Sky Documentaries project ‘Murder at the Cottage’, are the lead producers and have been supported with early development funding from Screen Ireland.  

 

The film is expected to go into full production in early 2025. Sheridan is currently in discussions with a number of actors for the coveted role of Dusty. ‘It is a remarkable opportunity and an unforgettable role. Naturally, we are keen to get the right actor to play this exciting and complex part’ Sheridan said.

JIM SHERIDAN TO CO-DIRECT ‘RE-CREATION’ ABOUT THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF SOPHIE TOSCAN DU PLANTIER

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Tina O’Reilly of Hell’s Kitchen Ltd (Ireland) and Fabrizio Maltese of Joli Rideau Media Sarl (Luxembourg) are pleased to announce the start of principal photography of Re-creation, the new hybrid docu-drama by famed six-time Academy Award nominee Jim Sheridan together with writer and director David Merriman.

Re-creation concerns the unsolved Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case which occurred in West Cork in Ireland on 23rd December 1996. Jim Sheridan previously directed a hugely successful five-part series for Sky Crime called Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie,which was broadcast in 2021.

Sheridan now returns with David Merriman to the case with a fresh angle which is far from a simple true crime story, with a totally cinematic and authorial approach. The documentary parts of Re-creation will be shot in Ireland, France and US, whereas the drama will be shot on a sound stage in Luxembourg. The production, supported by Screen Ireland, Film Fund Luxembourg and Eurimages will be made available for theatrical release in spring 2024. 

Re-creation will strive to uncover the truth behind one of the most famous murders in Irish history. Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a successful TV and film producer and together with her husband, the very famous and influential film producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier, they were the darlings of the French film scene in the 1990s. On December 20th 1996, Sophie was on a solo trip to her holiday home in Ireland. It was here that her life came to a bloody, brutal end on December 23rd. After several weeks of investigations without tangible results or leads, and despite no evidence, a local man, Ian Bailey, was accused of Sophie’s murder. From that moment, whether intentionally or not, a narrative was created.

Using fiction to question reality, Jim becomes the protago