Kirsten Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | 14 July 1976
Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, editor |
Years active | 1995–present |
Children | 3 |
Kirsten Sheridan (born 14 July 1976) is an Irish film director and screenwriter. She is best known for co-writing the semi-autobiographical film In America with her father, director Jim Sheridan, and her sister, Naomi Sheridan, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay[1] and a Golden Globe Award for and Best Screenplay.[2]
She is also known as the director of films Disco Pigs and August Rush.[3]
Early life
Born in
Career
Her thesis short film Patterns won several international film festival awards, including Clermont-Ferrand, Cork, Galway, Dresden, Aspen, and Chicago, and her next short, The Case of Majella McGinty, about a little girl who escapes her stressful life by crawling into a suitcase,[6] received festival awards at Foyle, Cork, San Francisco, Cologne, and Worldfest Houston.[7]
The first feature film Sheridan directed was 2001's
Next, Sheridan collaborated with her father Jim and sister Naomi on the script for In America, a film based on their memories of their family's years of poverty in New York, with the story of the death of Jim's younger brother woven in as an added element.
Sheridan directed Dollhouse in 2010.
Sheridan has won many awards for her short films.[7][9]
Personal life
Sheridan has three children, sons Leo (born 2002), Séamus (born 2007) and Frankie (born 2010).[16]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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TBA | Untitled Amy Winehouse Biopic | Director, Writer | [17] |
2012 | Dollhouse | Director, Writer | [13][18] |
2007 | August Rush | Director | [3][19] |
2002 | In America | Writer | [20][21][22] |
2001 | Disco Pigs | Director | |
1999 | The Case of Majella McGinty | Director | Short |
1998 | Ward Zone | Editor | |
1997 | Between Two Worlds | Editor | |
1998 | Patterns | Director, Writer, Editor, Producer | Short |
1997 | Walking into Mirrors | Director, Editor, Producer | Short |
1996 | Gentleman Caller | Director, Editor | Short |
1995 | The Bench | Director, Writer, Editor | Short |
Selected awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
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2004 | Academy Award | Best Original Screenplay | In America | Nominated | shared with Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan [1][5] |
Golden Globe Award | Best Screenplay | Nominated | shared with Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan [2] | ||
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Writer
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Won | shared with Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan [23] | ||
2003 | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best Director of a Feature Film | Disco Pigs | Nominated | [24] |
2002 | British Independent Film Awards | Douglas Hickox Award | Disco Pigs | Nominated | [25] |
2000 | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best Short Film | The Case of Majella McGinty | Nominated | shared with producers Siobhan Bourke and Kate Lennon |
1998 | Film Institute of Ireland | Young Irish Talent Award | Won | [7] |
References
- ^ a b "Academy Awards Database Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ a b "2004 Golden Globe Nominations" Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Premiere. Accessed 3 November 2007.
- ^ a b Welkos, Robert W. (22 November 2007). "Trying to strike the perfect notes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ a b Macnab, Geoffrey. "My life as a pig", The Guardian, 12 November 2001. Accessed 2 November 2007.
- ^ a b c "Person of the Month Jim , Naomi & Kirsten Sheridan", Independent.ie, 22 February 2004. Accessed 2 November 2007.
- ^ a b c Kemp, Rebecca. "In America" Archived 19 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Close-UpFilm.com. Accessed 2 November 2007.
- ^ a b c d "Who's Who Directors: Kirsten Sheridan", IFTN.ie. Accessed 2 November 2007.
- ^ "Kirsten Sheridan Filmography", IMDb.com. Accessed 2 November 2007.
- ^ a b "Kirsten Sheridan Awards", IMDb.com. Accessed 2 November 2007.
- ^ Clarke, Donald. "August Rush",The Irish Times, 23 November 2007. Accessed 24 November 2007.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay. "August Rush", Variety, 22 October 2007. Then in 2012 Kirsten released another movie called "Dollhouse". Accessed 2 November 2007.
- ^ a b "talented seana's reaching for the stars". Irish Independent. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Kirsten Sheridan's "Dollhouse" set for Berlin Panorama - The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie.
- ^ Molumby, Deirdre (12 May 2014). "Kirsten Sheridan to Film Late Writer's Novel". IFTN.ie. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Falvey, Deirdre (3 October 2017). "Are these the Irish film stars of the future?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Kirsten Sheridan Biography". IMDB.
- ^ McNary, Dave (6 November 2015). "Noomi Rapace Starring in Amy Winehouse Biopic". Variety. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (12 February 2012). "Dollhouse". Variety. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Grove,AP, Martin A.; Grove, Martin A.; AP (21 November 2007). "First studio film means big time for Sheridan". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Matsumoto, Jon (28 November 2003). "'In America' is a Sheridan family affair". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Russell, Jamie (27 October 2003). "Gloucestershire Films - In America". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "'In America' is truly captivating". Daily Pilot. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Winners 2003" Archived 14 December 2005 at archive.today, BFCA.org. Accessed 3 November 2007.
- ^ Stewart, Miriam. "News: Irish Film and Television Academy Awards", Arts Ireland, December 2002. Accessed 3 November 2007.
- ^ "2002 Nominations", BIFA.org.uk. Accessed 2 November 2007.
External links
- Kirsten Sheridan at IMDb