Kirsten Sheridan

Kirsten Sheridan
Born (1976-07-14) 14 July 1976 (age 48)
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, editor
Years active1995–present
Children3

Kirsten Sheridan (born 14 July 1976) is an Irish film director and screenwriter. She is best known for co-writing the semi-autobiographical film In America with her father, director Jim Sheridan, and her sister, Naomi Sheridan, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay[1] and a Golden Globe Award for and Best Screenplay.[2]

She is also known as the director of films Disco Pigs and August Rush.[3]

  1. ^ "Academy Awards Database Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Golden Globe Nominations" Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Premiere. Accessed 3 November 2007.
  3. ^ Welkos, Robert W. (22 November 2007). "Trying to strike the perfect notes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 January 2023.