Jim Sheridan has revealed that he was making a movie with Glen Hansard before his shock death.

The legendary director, who described Glen as ‘like a brother’ to him, said the pair had been in talks about making a documentary, and had already begun filming.

Well-known documentary maker Donald Taylor Black was also involved in the project, which was set to follow the Dubliner’s journey from his busking days to the Oscars.

The film was also set to showcase the happiness Glen had found in later life, thanks to his Finnish poet wife Maire Saaritsa and his son, Christy, who was born in 2022.

The My Left Foot director detailed how happy Maire and Christy made him. But Jim isn’t ruling out continuing the film with the help of Glen’s wife, should she be interested.

‘She seems a very private person, but if we could resurrect it, I suppose there is a way to do it if she wanted it to be done,’ he told the Irish Independent.

He explained why the film was so important to make. ‘It’s really because he had a story to tell, a story that’s not just confined to music. It’s about a kid from Ballymun who made it all the way to the Oscars,’ he told the outlet.

Jim had still been mourning the loss of Brenda Fricker, who passed away on 16 July, when he found out Glen died, after his motorbike crashed near Strawberry Beds in Chapelizod, west Dublin.

The pair had known each other over three decades, and had grown especially close due to their activism in recent years.

‘It was like my brother figure had died. It was unbelievable. I couldn’t quite grasp it. It’s like a physical ailment. It’s like there’s a cloud over your head, and you’re going around in a daze,’ he added.