Stephen Gyllenhaal

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Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/; born October 4, 1949; Cleveland) is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal directed the film version of the Pete Dexter novel Paris Trout, which was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won him a DGA Award. In 1990, Gyllenhaal directed Family of Spies, which was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy. In 1992, he directed the feature film Waterland, starring Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke. Since 1993, he has focused primarily on directing in television, including an episode of the ABC television series Twin Peaks. He directed his son, Jake, then 14 years old, in an episode of NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street that aired in 1994. Gyllenhaal directed several episodes of the CBS series Numb3rs, The Mentalist, Hawthorne, Army Wives, Rectify, and Blue Bloods. In 2011, Gyllenhaal directed Girl Fight which starred Anne Heche and earned Gyllenhaal a DGA Nomination for outstanding directorial achievement in movies for television. He is also a poet, who has been published in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner and Nimrod. His first collection of poetry, Claptrap: Notes from Hollywood, was published in June 2006 by Cantara Christopher's New York–based literary small press, Cantarabooks. In 2013, Gyllenhaal directed a backdoor pilot originally titled Sworn to Silence that aired as the Lifetime TV movie An Amish Murder. It stars Neve Campbell as a local police detective who must solve a murder case that involves the Amish Community she was shunned from years ago. Gyllenhaal is also in post-production on a documentary about dream interpretation titled Exquisite Continent. In 2019, Gyllenhaal was on the "Social Impact Advisory Board" of the San Diego International Film Festival with Susan Sarandon and Cecelia Peck.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1949-10-04
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  • school Known for: Directing
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  • info Birth Place Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Losing Isaiah

1995-03-17

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Homegrown

1998-04-17

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Living with the Dead

2002-04-28

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Grassroots

2012-06-22

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Grassroots

2012-06-22

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A Killing in a Small Town

1990-05-22

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Girl Fight

2011-10-03

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Certain Fury

1985-03-01

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A Dangerous Woman

1993-09-10

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An Amish Murder

2013-01-06

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UnCharitable

2023-09-22

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Abduction

1987-03-08

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The Patron Saint of Liars

1998-04-05

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Waterland

1992-08-21

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Shattered Mind

1996-05-27

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Promised a Miracle

1988-05-19

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So B. It

2016-06-07

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The Patron Saint of Liars

1998-04-05

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The New Kids

1985-01-18

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The New Kids

1985-01-18

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What Are Friends For?

1980-03-19

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Paris Trout

1991-04-21

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Warden of Red Rock

2001-06-06

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Resurrection

1999-03-15

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The Warden

2001-01-12

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Shattered Mind

1996-05-27

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Living with the Dead

2002-04-28

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Time Bomb

2006-03-19

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Homegrown

1998-04-17

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Homegrown

1998-04-17

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Question of Faith

1988-10-06

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L.A. Doctors

1998-09-21

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Army Wives

2007-06-03

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Robbery Homicide Division

2002-09-27

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Numb3rs

2005-01-23

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The Mentalist

2008-09-23

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The Insiders

1985-09-25

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Twin Peaks

1990-04-08

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Everwood

2002-09-16

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The Shield

2002-03-12

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Homicide: Life on the Street

1993-01-31

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The $treet

2000-11-01

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Felicity

1998-09-29

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Wasteland

1999-10-07

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Lucky

2003-04-08

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ABC Afterschool Special

1972-10-04

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CBS Afternoon Playhouse

1978-12-04

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Hothouse

1988-06-30

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Rectify

2013-04-22

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Blue Bloods

2010-09-24

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Billions

2016-01-17

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Family of Spies

1990-02-04

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Bosch

2015-01-14

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Living with the Dead

2002-04-28

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NYC 22

2012-04-15