About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1949-10-04
Place of birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Website:
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Stephen Gyllenhaal

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2007 Crashing Actor Writer 58
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Directing
2023 UnCharitable Directing Director N/A
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2016 So B. It Directing Director 59
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2013 An Amish Murder Directing Director 59
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2012 Grassroots Directing Director 59
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2011 Girl Fight Directing Director 59
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2006 Time Bomb Directing Director 58
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2002 Living with the Dead Directing Director 58
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2002 Living with the Dead Directing Director N/A
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2001 Warden of Red Rock Directing Director 59
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2001 The Warden Directing Director 59
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1999 Resurrection Directing Director 59
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1998 Homegrown Directing Director 58
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1998 The Patron Saint of Liars Directing Director 58
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1996 Shattered Mind Directing Director 58
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1995 Losing Isaiah Directing Director 59
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1993 A Dangerous Woman Directing Director 58
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1992 Waterland Directing Director 59
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1991 Paris Trout Directing Director 58
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1990 A Killing in a Small Town Directing Director 59
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1990 Family of Spies Directing Director 69
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1988 Question of Faith Directing Director N/A
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1988 Promised a Miracle Directing Director 59
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1987 Abduction Directing Director 59
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1985 Certain Fury Directing Director 58
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1980 What Are Friends For? Directing Director 59
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Writing
2012 Grassroots Writing Screenplay 59
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1998 Homegrown Writing Screenplay 58
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1998 Homegrown Writing Story 58
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1985 The New Kids Writing Screenplay 59
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1985 The New Kids Writing Story 59
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Production
2002 Living with the Dead Production Co-Executive Producer 58
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1998 The Patron Saint of Liars Production Producer 58
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1996 Shattered Mind Production Producer 58
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1978 CBS Afternoon Playhouse Production Producer N/A
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