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Stephen Gyllenhaal

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Stephen Gyllenhaal in Homegrown (1998)
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Stephen Gyllenhaal was born on 4 October 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a director and producer, known for CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1978), A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). He was previously married to Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner.
BornOctober 4, 1949
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BornOctober 4, 1949
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1978)
    CBS Afternoon Playhouse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Debra Winger in A Dangerous Woman (1993)
    A Dangerous Woman
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1993
    Homegrown (1998)
    Homegrown
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1998
    Paris Trout (1991)
    Paris Trout
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1991

    Credits

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    Director

    • Uncharitable (2023)
      Uncharitable
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2023
    • The Bond
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Shut Eye (2016)
      Shut Eye
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Titus Welliver in Bosch (2014)
      Bosch
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Bruce McKinnon, Aden Young, and Jake Austin Walker in Rectify (2013)
      Rectify
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2016
    • Cloris Leachman, Alfre Woodard, and Talitha Eliana Bateman in So B. It (2016)
      So B. It
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2016
    • David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
      Billions
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Stephanie Szostak and Matt Passmore in Satisfaction (2014)
      Satisfaction
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2015
    • Ally Sheedy, Billy Campbell, David Boreanaz, Kate Walsh, Tom Felton, Patrick Fugit, Julian McMahon, Minka Kelly, Devon Gearhart, and Keke Palmer in Full Circle (2013)
      Full Circle
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Blair Underwood, Kenneth Choi, Spencer Grammer, Brent Sexton, Pablo Schreiber, and Neal Bledsoe in Ironside (2013)
      Ironside
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Neve Campbell in An Amish Murder (2013)
      An Amish Murder
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • directed by
      • 2013
    • NYC 22 (2012)
      NYC 22
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Grassroots (2012)
      Grassroots
      5.3
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Anne Heche and Jodelle Ferland in Girl Fight (2011)
      Girl Fight
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • directed by
      • 2011
    • Hawthorne (2009)
      Hawthorne
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011

    Producer

    • Baby on the Inside
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Uncharitable (2023)
      Uncharitable
      8.4
      • producer
      • 2023
    • The Bond
      • producer
      • 2022
    • The Making of Driven
      Short
      • producer
      • 2018
    • In Utero (2015)
      In Utero
      8.0
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Lychee Thieves (2010)
      Lychee Thieves
      7.5
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2010
    • Living with the Dead (2002)
      Living with the Dead
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2002
    • Clancy Brown, Ellen Burstyn, and Dana Delany in The Patron Saint of Liars (1998)
      The Patron Saint of Liars
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1998
    • Heather Locklear in Shattered Mind (1996)
      Shattered Mind
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1996
    • CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1978)
      CBS Afternoon Playhouse
      7.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1982
    • Best Horse
      Short
      • producer
      • 1979
    • Exit 10
      Short
      • producer
      • 1979

    Writer

    • Grassroots (2012)
      Grassroots
      5.3
      • screenplay
      • 2012
    • Homegrown (1998)
      Homegrown
      5.7
      • story
      • screenplay
      • 1998
    • Lori Loughlin and Shannon Presby in The New Kids (1985)
      The New Kids
      6.1
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 1985
    • CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1978)
      CBS Afternoon Playhouse
      7.4
      TV Series
      • teleplay
      • 1980
    • Best Horse
      Short
      • written by
      • 1979
    • Exit 10
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1979
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    In Utero
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    In Utero

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • My Father
    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • October 4, 1949
      • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Spouses
        Kathleen Man GyllenhaalJuly 23, 2011 - ? (divorced, 1 child)
    • Children
        Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Parents
        Virginia Lowrie Childs
    • Relatives
        Anders Gyllenhaal(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Claptrap: Notes from Hollywood, poetry collection (Cantarabooks, 2006)

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      Writes poetry, submits his work to poetry journals, and has been published in some of them.
    • Trademarks
        Often uses a wide variety of lenses when filming.

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