FILM DIRECTOR

Jim Sheridan

1949 - Today

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Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed the films The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Sheridan has received more than 961,691 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Sheridan is the 614th most popular film director (down from 548th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 110th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Film Director.

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  • 29

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  • 4.18

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  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jim Sheridan ranks 614 out of 2,041. Before him are Mamoru Hosoda, Yoji Yamada, Robert Enrico, Brad Bird, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Hal Ashby. After him are Jean Rollin, Georges Franju, Andrew Birkin, Tran Anh Hung, Richard C. Sarafian, and John Madden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jim Sheridan ranks 245. Before him are Bruno Kirby, Idir, Alaa Hussein Ali, Erik Estrada, Ibrahim Mahlab, and Sotiris Kaiafas. After him are Niels Arestrup, John Madden, Conny Torstensson, Mustafa Denizli, Veronica Cartwright, and Jim Carroll.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Jim Sheridan ranks 120 out of 549. Before him are Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), Grace O'Malley (1530), George Abraham Grierson (1851), Daniel O'Connell (1775), and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737). After him are Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), and Turlough O'Carolan (1670).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Jim Sheridan ranks 2. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950). After him are Herbert Brenon (1880), Steve Barron (1956), Rex Ingram (1892), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), and John Moore (1970).

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