| Stephen Gyllenhaal | |
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| Born | October 4, 1949 Cleveland, Ohio |
Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal (pronounced as IPA: [ˈdʒɪlənˌhɔ:ɫ]; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film.
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Biography
Personal life
Gyllenhaal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Virginia Lowrie (née Childs) and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The family is a descendant of the cavalry officer Nils Gunnesson Haal, who was ennobled in 1652 when Queen Christina of Sweden conferred upon him the crest and family name Gyllenhaal. Christina (Kristina Augusta ( – 19 April 1689 later known as Christina Alexandra and sometimes Countess Dohna, was [1] Stephen grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a close-knit Swedenborgian family and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 with a degree in English. The New Church Swedenborgianism is the belief system developed from the writings of the Swedish theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772 Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford Connecticut. His mentor at Trinity was the poet Hugh Ogden.
He is the second husband of screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, father of actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal, and brother of Anders Gyllenhaal,[2] managing editor of the Miami Herald. Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (born Naomi Achs on March 15, 1946 in New York City) is an American Screenwriter. Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (born November 16 1977 is an American actress. Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( born December 19 1980 is an American actor A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team The Miami Herald is a daily Newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered in Downtown Miami Florida. His daughter Maggie is the fiancée of actor Peter Sarsgaard. Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7 1971 is a Golden Globe Award -nominated American film and stage Actor.
Career
Gyllenhaal directed the film version of the Pete Dexter novel Paris Trout, which was nominated for five Emmy awards.
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,[3] was published in June 2006 by Cantara Christopher's New York-based literary small press, Cantarabooks. [4]
Filmography
- (1979) Exit 10
- (1985) Certain Fury
- (1991) Paris Trout
- (1992) Waterland
- (1993) A Dangerous Woman
- (1995) Losing Isaiah
- (1998) Homegrown
- (2006) Time Bomb (TV)
References
External links
Waterland is a 1992 film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Graham Swift. Losing Isaiah is a 1995 Drama film starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. Homegrown is a 1998 comedy / thriller film It was directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and starred Billy Bob Thornton, John Lithgow Time Bomb is a 2006 Television movie starring David Arquette, by CBS Television.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic