Biografia

Has stated that the children's performances in Terra de Sonhos (2002) is what he's most proud of about his career.

Spends a long time developing his projects before they go into production. His main source of income during these periods is from directing corporate videos and commercials for large corporations in Asian countries.

Was 40 years old when he directed his first feature film.

Jim Sheridan is the father of Clodagh Amira Sheridan with his partner the Moroccan film director Zahara Moufid .

Brother of Peter Sheridan and the late Frankie Sheridan.

I find in modern cinema now...people don't like the mystic or the spiritual. It's become almost a dirty word now.

I've seen thousands of films where people are brought down, where it's "life is terrible and we all agree" and the critical audience is over here for that, and the general public is over here. And it seems that cinema has gone out, or life, has gone out a kilter.

[on his filming ideas] Give all the bad information up front and then try and make... the story, where I can elevate the spirit.

[on Daniel Day-Lewis] You know when you watch a genius at work like Daniel, and when you say 'cut'... it's like a bank vault unlocking when you see Daniel coming back to himself. So you're dealing with genius and there's a level to it where Daniel is Daniel and I don't have to do that much, you know?

[on his early years in New York] We didn't have a sense of being poor. We came from Ireland where you could literally be poor because there was about 17 percent unemployment and 15 percent interest rates and inflation, you know, and a war going on, so to come here wasn't as edgy... it seemed an easier place to live in.