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Stephen Roark 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
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1
- 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