Stephen Gyllenhaal

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Produttore, Attore

4 ottobre 1949 (76 anni)
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 e Serie su Plex

  • Homegrown - I piantasoldi
    Homegrown - I piantasoldi1998
  • Living with the Dead
    Living with the Dead2 episodi
  • So B. It
    So B. It2016
  • Ore 13: dopo il massacro la caccia
    Ore 13: dopo il massacro la caccia1985
  • Un miracolo anche per me
    Un miracolo anche per me1998

Famoso per

  • Rectify
    Rectify4 stagioni
  • I segreti di Twin Peaks
    I segreti di Twin Peaks3 stagioni
  • Numb3rs
    Numb3rs6 stagioni
  • The Mentalist
    The Mentalist7 stagioni
  • Lontano da Isaiah
    Lontano da Isaiah1995
  • The Shield
    The Shield7 stagioni
  • Homegrown - I piantasoldi
    Homegrown - I piantasoldi1998
  • Shut Eye
    Shut Eye2 stagioni
  • Billions
    Billions7 stagioni
  • Bosch
    Bosch7 stagioni
  • Waterland - Memorie d'amore
    Waterland - Memorie d'amore1992
  • Costretto al silenzio
    Costretto al silenzio2013
  • Terrore al luna park
    Terrore al luna park1985
  • Blue Bloods
    Blue Bloods14 stagioni
  • Una donna pericolosa
    Una donna pericolosa1993
  • Satisfaction
    Satisfaction2 stagioni
  • Girl Fight
    Girl Fight2011
  • Living with the Dead
    Living with the Dead2 episodi
  • Grassroots
    Grassroots2012
  • Army Wives - Conflitti del cuore
    Army Wives - Conflitti del cuore7 stagioni