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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). Sheridan has received six Academy Award nominations for his work.
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
| 1989 | My Left Foot | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1990 | The Field | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1992 | Into the West | No | Yes | No | |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1999 | Agnes Browne | No | No | Yes | |
| 2002 | In America | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | Brothers | Yes | No | No | |
| 2011 | Dream House | Yes | No | No | |
| 2016 | The Secret Scripture | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2017 | 11th Hour | Yes | Yes | No | Short film |
| 2025 | Re-Creation | Yes | No | Yes |
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Words Upon the Window Pane | 1994 | Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift | |
| The General | 1998 | CPAD Leader | |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | 2004 | The King of Spain | |
| The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife | Narrator (voice) | Short film | |
| What If | 2006 | Himself | |
| Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion | 2012 | Father O'Brien | |
| The Family Way | 2017 | Eugene |
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes |
| Thursday Play Date | 1979 | Writer and actor | Episode "Mobile Homes" |
| Inside Apollo House | 2017 | Executive producer | Documentary |
| Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie | 2021 | Director and executive producer | |
| Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | 2022 | Director |
| Year | Title | Academy Awards | BAFTA Awards | Golden Golden Awards | |||
| Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | ||
| 1989 | My Left Foot | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1990 | The Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | 7 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 1997 | The Boxer | 3 | |||||
| 2002 | In America | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2009 | Brothers | 2 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Year | Performer | Film | Result |
| Academy Award for Best Actor | |||
| 1990 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | Won |
| 1991 | Richard Harris | The Field | Nominated |
| 1994 | Daniel Day-Lewis | In the Name of the Father | Nominated |
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | |||
| 1994 | Pete Postlethwaite | In the Name of the Father | Nominated |
| 2004 | Djimon Hounsou | In America | Nominated |
| Academy Award for Best Actress | |||
| 2004 | Samantha Morton | In America | Nominated |
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1990 | Brenda Fricker | My Left Foot | Won |
| 1994 | Emma Thompson | In the Name of the Father | Nominated |