Stephen Gyllenhaal

Directing·Oct 4, 1949·Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
UnCharitable2023 · Director	Director
So B. It2016 · Director	Director
An Amish Murder2013 · Director	Director
Grassroots2012 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Girl Fight2011 · Director	Director
Manchild2007 · Director	Director
Time Bomb2006 · Director	Director
Living with the Dead2002 · Director	Director
Warden of Red Rock2001 · Director	Director
The Warden2001 · Director	Director
Resurrection1999 · Director	Director
Homegrown1998 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Patron Saint of Liars1998 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Shattered Mind1996 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Losing Isaiah1995 · Director	Director
A Dangerous Woman1993 · Director	Director
Waterland1992 · Director	Director
Paris Trout1991 · Director	Director
A Killing in a Small Town1990 · Director	Director
Question of Faith1988 · Director	Director
Promised a Miracle1988 · Director	Director
The Abduction of Kari Swenson1987 · Director	Director
Certain Fury1985 · Director	Director
What Are Friends For?1980 · Director	Director