The Boxer is a 1997 sports-drama film by Irish director Jim Sheridan.
 Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, the film centers on the life of a boxer and former Provisional IRA volunteer Danny Flynn, played by Day-Lewis, who is trying to "go straight" after his release from prison.
 The film is the third collaboration between Sheridan and Day-Lewis, and portrays the increase of splinter groups within the IRA.
Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer.
 In the few years from 1989 to 1993, Sheridan made three acclaimed films set in Ireland ("My Left Foot", "The Field", and "In the Name of the Father") that between them received 13 Academy Award nominations.
 Sheridan has personally received six Academy Award nominations.
 In addition to the above-mentioned films, he is also known for the films "The Boxer" and "In America".
The Secret Scripture is an Irish film, directed by Jim Sheridan, from a screenplay by Sheridan and Johnny Ferguson, which is based on the 2008 novel of the same name "The Secret Scripture" by Sebastian Barry.
 The film stars Vanessa Redgrave, Rooney Mara, Eric Bana, Theo James, Aidan Turner, and Jack Reynor.
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 Irish biographical drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally and Fiona Shaw.
 It tells the story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot.
 Christy Brown grew up in a poor, working-class family, and became a writer and artist.
 The film also stars Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, and Cyril Cusack.
 It is a partly fictional biography, adapted by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan from the book "My Left Foot" by Christy Brown.
Peter Sheridan (born 1952) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director.
 He lives in Dublin.
 His awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
 In 1980 he was writer-in-residence in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and his short film, The Breakfast, won several European awards.
 He wrote the pilot episode of Fair City.
 He wrote and directed the film "Borstal Boy", which was released in 2002.
 He is the brother of the film director Jim Sheridan.
The Field is a 1990 Irish drama film written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker and Tom Berenger.
 It was adapted from John B. Keane's 1965 play of the same name.
 The film is set in the early 1930s in a very underdeveloped region of rural Ireland.
Ian Schneider (born October 3, 1992), is an independent American film director and screenwriter.
In America is a 2002 British-Irish-American independent road drama film directed by Jim Sheridan.
 The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten focuses on an immigrant Irish family's struggle to start a new life in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter.
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, Naomi Sheridan.
In the Name of the Father is a 1993 Irish-British-American biographical courtroom drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan.
 It is based on the true life story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 IRA's Guildford pub bombings, which killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian.
 The screenplay was adapted by Terry George and Jim Sheridan from the autobiography "Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four" by Gerry Conlon.

Question: Which occupations do Jim Sheridan and Ian Schneider both share?
Answer: director and screenwriter