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Kirsten Sheridan is an Irish film director and screenwriter. The director of "August Rush" (2007) and "Disco Pigs" (2001), Kirsten Sheridan was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the semi-autobiographical film "In America" with her father, director Jim Sheridan, and her sister, Naomi Sheridan.[1]
Early life
Born in Dublin, Kirsten Sheridan moved to New York City in 1981, spending her early childhood there while her father struggled to make it as an actor and theatre director. Her family moved back to Ireland eight years later, whereupon her father found success as the director of "My Left Foot", in which Sheridan plays the younger sister of lead actor Daniel Day-Lewis. She studied script writing at New York University in 1993 and went to film school at University College Dublin, ultimately earning her film degree from Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design in 1998.
Filmography
- The Bench (short, 1995) ... director, writer, editor
- Gentleman Caller (short, 1996) ... director, editor
- Walking into Mirrors (short, 1997) ... director, editor, producer
- Patterns (short, 1998) ... director, writer, editor, producer
- Between Two Worlds (1997) ... editor
- Ward Zone (1998) ... editor
- The Case of Majella McGinty (short, 1999) ... director
- Disco Pigs (2001) ... director
- In America (2002) ... writer
- August Rush (2007) ... director[5]
- Dollhouse (2012) ... director, writer[10]
- Untitled Amy Winehouse Biopic (TBA) director, writer
Lockerbie film
In February 2022, it was announced that Jim Sheridan and his daughter Kirsten are to write a five-part TV series called "Lockerbie", based on the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, for UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky and Universal’s streaming platform Peacock.
The drama is based on the book "The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice" by Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph, along with multiple other sources. No directors have yet been confirmed for the series.[2]
References
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