Peter Sheridan

Peter Sheridan is a writer, theatre director, playwright, screenwriter and film director. He was one of the founder members of the Project Arts Centre in Dublin. In 1998, Sheridan wrote and directed The Breakfast, a short film which won the Prix Arte Europe Award at the Brest International Film Festival the same year. In 2000 he wrote and directed the film Borstal Boy, based on Brendan Behan's memoir. Sheridan's books include the two memoirs, 44, Dublin Made Me (1999) and 47 Roses (2002), and one novel, Big Fat Love (2003).