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Jim Sheridan
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Academy Awards, USA (6)
Angers European First Film Festival (1)
Australian Film Institute (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (3)
BAFTA Awards (3)
British Independent Film Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (2)
Camerimage (1)
David di Donatello Awards (1)
European Film Awards (3)
Evening Standard British Film Awards (1)
Ghent International Film Festival (1)
Golden Globes, USA (2)
Satellite Awards (1)
Goya Awards (1)
Guild of German Art House Cinemas (1)
Humanitas Prize (2)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
Irish Film and Television Awards (4)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
AFI Fest (1)
Montréal World Film Festival (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (1)
PGA Awards (2)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Valladolid International Film Festival (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (3)
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards (1)
Bangkok International Film Festival (2)
Boston Irish Film Festival (1)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Film by the Sea International Film Festival (1)
Capri, Hollywood (1)
High Falls Film Festival (1)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (1)
New York Film Critics, Online (1)
CinEuphoria Awards (2)
Online Film & Television Association (2)
Village Voice Film Poll (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (4)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2)
20/20 Awards (3)
Busan International Film Festival (1)
Ferrara Film Festival (1)
Dingle International Film Festival (1)
34 wins & 49 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2004 Nominee
Oscar
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
1994 Nominee
Oscar
Best Picture
In the Name of the Father
1994 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
In the Name of the Father
1994 Nominee
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
In the Name of the Father
Shared with:
Terry George
1990 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
My Left Foot
1 more
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Angers European First Film Festival
1990 Winner
Audience Award
Feature Film
My Left Foot
Australian Film Institute
1994 Nominee
Best Foreign Film Award
In the Name of the Father
Berlin International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
The Boxer
1998 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Best Film
The Boxer
1994 Winner
Golden Berlin Bear
In the Name of the Father
BAFTA Awards
1994 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay - Adapted
In the Name of the Father
Shared with:
Terry George
1990 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay - Adapted
My Left Foot
Shared with:
Shane Connaughton
1990 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
My Left Foot
Shared with:
Noel Pearson
British Independent Film Awards
2003 Nominee
British Independent Film Award
Best Director
In America
Critics Choice Awards
2004 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
In America
2004 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Writer
In America
Shared with:
Kirsten Sheridan
·
Naomi Sheridan
Camerimage
2013 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing
David di Donatello Awards
1994 Winner
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
In the Name of the Father
European Film Awards
1994 Nominee
European Film Award
European Film of the Year
In the Name of the Father
1989 Nominee
European Film Award
Young European Film of the Year
My Left Foot
1989 Nominee
European Film Award
European Director of the Year
My Left Foot
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1995 Winner
Evening Standard British Film Award
Best Film
In the Name of the Father
Ghent International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Grand Prix
In America
Golden Globes, USA
2004 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
1998 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
The Boxer
Satellite Awards
2004 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
In America
Goya Awards
1999 Winner
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
The Boxer
Ireland/USA.
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
1991 Winner
Guild Film Award - Silver
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
My Left Foot
Humanitas Prize
2003 Nominee
Humanitas Prize
Sundance Film Category
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
1994 Nominee
Humanitas Prize
Feature Film Category
In the Name of the Father
Shared with:
Terry George
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2004 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Feature
In America
Shared with:
Arthur Lappin
2004 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
In America
1990 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
My Left Foot
Ireland/UK.
Irish Film and Television Awards
2017 Nominee
IFTA Award
Best Film
The Secret Scripture
Shared with:
Noel Pearson
·
Rob Quigley
2017 Nominee
IFTA Award
Best Director - Film
The Secret Scripture
2015 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
2010 Winner
IFTA Award
Best Director for Film
Brothers
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1995 Nominee
European Silver Ribbon
In the Name of the Father
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2004 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
AFI Fest
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature Film
In America
Montréal World Film Festival
1989 Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
My Left Foot
Shared with:
Daniel Day-Lewis
National Board of Review, USA
2003 Winner
NBR Award
Best Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1989 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best New Director
My Left Foot
3rd place
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2004 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Kirsten Sheridan
·
Naomi Sheridan
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2004 Winner
Distinguished Achievement Award
For directing and producing.
PGA Awards
2004 Winner
Stanley Kramer Award
In America
Shared with:
Arthur Lappin
1994 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
In the Name of the Father
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2003 Nominee
SEFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Kirsten Sheridan
·
Naomi Sheridan
Valladolid International Film Festival
2022 Winner
Espiga de Honor (Honorary Spike)
Writers Guild of America, USA
2004 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
1994 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
In the Name of the Father
Shared with:
Terry George
1990 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
My Left Foot
Shared with:
Shane Connaughton
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
2004 Winner
Britannia Award
Artistic Excellence
Bangkok International Film Festival
2004 Winner
Golden Kinnaree Award
Best Director
In America
2004 Nominee
Golden Kinnaree Award
Best Film
In America
Boston Irish Film Festival
2003 Winner
Excellence Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2004 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Director
In America
2004 Winner
PFCS Award
Best Screenplay, Original
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Capri, Hollywood
2015 Winner
Capri Legend Award
High Falls Film Festival
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
In America
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2004 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Screenplay, Original
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
New York Film Critics, Online
2003 Winner
NYFCO Award
Best Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
CinEuphoria Awards
2011 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - International Competition
Brothers
2011 Winner
CinEuphoria
Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award
Brothers
Shared with:
Michael De Luca
·
Ryan Kavanaugh
·
Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Online Film & Television Association
2004 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Picture
In America
Shared with:
Arthur Lappin
2004 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kristin Sheridan
Village Voice Film Poll
2003 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Screenplay
In America
3rd place. Tied with
City of God (2002)
and
Lost in Translation (2003)
.
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2003 Nominee
ACCA
Best Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
1993 Nominee
ACCA
Best Motion Picture
In the Name of the Father
1993 Nominee
ACCA
Best Achievement in Directing
In the Name of the Father
1993 Nominee
ACCA
Best Adapted Screenplay
In the Name of the Father
Shared with:
Terry George
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2004 Nominee
INOCA
Best Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
Gold Derby Awards
2004 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Original Screenplay
In America
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
·
Kirsten Sheridan
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2004 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
In America
2004 Winner
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Screenwriter
In America
20/20 Awards
2014 Nominee
Felix
Best Director
In the Name of the Father
2014 Nominee
Felix
Best Adapted Screenplay
In the Name of the Father
Shared with:
Terry George
2010 Nominee
Felix
Best Adapted Screenplay
My Left Foot
Shared with:
Shane Connaughton
Busan International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Hand Printing
Ferrara Film Festival
2022 Winner
Golden Dragon
International Career Achievement Award
Dingle International Film Festival
2009 Winner
Gregory Peck Award: For Excellence in The Art of Film
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