(as co-writer) Best Director – My Left Foot (1990), nomination (as director)Berlin Film Festival 1994, Golden Bear – In the Name of the Father, winner 1998, Golden Bear – The Boxer, nominationBritish Academy Film Awards Best Adapted Screenplay – In the Name of the Father (1993), nomination (as co-writer)Golden Globe AwardsBest Screenplay – In America (2002), nomination (as co-writer) Best Director – The Boxer (1997), nominationIndependent Spirit Awards Best Director – In America (2002), nomination Best Director - The Secret Scripture (2016), nomination Best Director - Brothers (2009), winner Lifetime Achievement Award - (2015), WinnerNational Board of Review Best Original Screenplay – In America (2002), winner (as co-writer)Writers Guild of America Best Original Screenplay – In America (2002), nomination (as co-writer)Gregory Peck Award''' Lifetime Achievement - Dingle International Film Festival (2009) References External links Jim Sheridan's official website Jim Sheridan's official website - Hell's Kitchen Limited Jim Sheridan Bibliography (via UC Berkeley) 1949 births Living people 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Alumni of University College Dublin Irish film directors Irish film producers Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish male screenwriters Irish racehorse owners and breeders Film people from Dublin (city) Tisch School of the Arts alumni Directors of Golden Bear winners