Kirsten Sheridan
July 14, 1976 · 50 years old
Kirsten Sheridan (born July 14, 1976) is an Irish film director and screenwriter. The director of August Rush (2007) and Disco Pigs (2001), 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, Nao…
Known For
4 titles
August Rush
A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
My Left Foot
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
In America
A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 259 on board and 11 on the ground. Dr. Jim Swire seeks justice for his daughter Flora, a passenger on the plane.