Question: A re Tom McCarthy and Jim Sheridan film directors?

Context articles: Bangladesh Film Directors Association
Peter Dinklage on screen and stage
The Cobbler (2014 film)
My Left Foot
Kirsten Sheridan
Tom McArdle
Tom McCarthy (director)
Jim Sheridan
List of accolades received by Spotlight
In the Name of the Father (film)

Bangladesh Film Directors Association is the pan-national trade body of film directors in Bangladesh.
 The Bangladesh Film Directors Association’s General Secretary is Badiul Alam Khokon.
 Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar is the president of Bangladesh Film Directors Association.
Peter Dinklage is an American actor and producer.
 Dinklage studied acting at the Bennington College where he starred in a number of amateur stage productions.
 He made his film debut in the 1995 comedy-drama "Living in Oblivion".
 After appearing in a series of supporting parts in much of the 1990s and early 2000s, he made his breakthrough by starring in the Tom McCarthy-directed comedy-drama "The Station Agent" (2003), which had him play a railroad-obsessed introvert who inherits an abandoned train depot.
 He was cast in the role by director Tom McCarthy who recalled fondly his appearance in McCarthy's play "The Killing Act" (1995).
 For his performance, he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actor and an Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Male Lead.
 In the same year, Dinklage played the title role in the play "Richard III" at The Public Theater.
 He also played a children's book author in the comedy "Elf".
 In 2006, he appeared in the Sidney Lumet-directed crime film "Find Me Guilty".
 He followed with roles in the films "Underdog" (2007), the British film "Death at a Funeral" (2007), with its American remake of the same name (2010) and Trumpkin in the high fantasy film "" (2008).
The Cobbler is a 2014 American magic realism comedy-drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and co-written by McCarthy with Paul Sado.
 The film stars Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens, Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi.
 It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
 The film was released on March 13, 2015, by Image Entertainment.
 The film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb.
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.
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.
Tom McArdle is an American film editor.
 He is best known as the editor for every film written and directed by Tom McCarthy, including "The Station Agent" (2003), "The Visitor" (2007), "Win Win" (2011) and "The Cobbler" (2014).
 For "Spotlight" (2015), his latest collaboration with McCarthy, McArdle was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 88th Academy Awards and also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing.
Thomas Joseph "Tom" McCarthy (born June 7, 1966) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who has appeared in several films, including "Meet the Parents" and "Good Night, and Good Luck", and television series such as "The Wire", "Boston Public", "Law & Order", and the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of "Saint Maybe".
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".
"Spotlight" is a 2015 American drama film directed by Tom McCarthy.
 The film, written by Josh Singer and McCarthy, follows "The Boston Globe"' s "Spotlight" team and its investigation of sexual abuse in Boston.
 It stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James and Liev Schreiber.
 The film was premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2015, where McCarthy won the Brian Award.
 It was also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was the second runner-up for the People's Choice Award.
 Open Road Films released it theatrically in the United States on November 6, 2015.
 The film was a commercial success, grossing $88.3 million worldwide on a budget of $20 million.
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.