- Stephen Gyllenhaal
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name = Stephen Gyllenhaal
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birthdate =October 4 ,1949 (age 58)
birthplace =Cleveland ,Ohio Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal (pronounced as IPA2|ˈdʒɪlənˌhɔ:ɫ; born
October 4 ,1949 ) is an American film director and poet.Biography
Personal life
Gyllenhaal was born in
Cleveland ,Ohio , the son of Virginia Lowrie (née Childs) and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. TheGyllenhaal 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." [ [http://www.gyllenhaal.org The Gyllenhaal Family Tree Project ] ] Stephen grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a close-knit Swedenborgian family and graduated from Trinity College inHartford, Connecticut in 1972 with a degree in English. His mentor at Trinity was the poetHugh Ogden .He is the second husband of screenwriter
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal , father of actorsMaggie Gyllenhaal andJake Gyllenhaal , and brother of Anders Gyllenhaal, [ [http://www.pulitzer.org/CurrentBoard/gyllenhaalbio.html The Pulitzer Prizes ] ]Executive Editor of the "Miami Herald ". His daughter Maggie is engaged to actorPeter Sarsgaard . He divorced wife Naomi Foner in 2008 after 32 years of marriage.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, "Claptr
[http://www.authorsbookshop.com/gyllenhaalclaptrap/ AuthorsBookshop.com: Claptrap ] ] was published in June 2006 by Cantara Christopher's New York-based literary small press, "Cantarabooks". [ [http://www.cantarabooks.com Cantarabooks | A Literary Press ] ]
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
*imdb name|id=0350455|name=Stephen Gyllenhaal
* [http://www.gyllenhaal.org/TheName.html The Gyllenhaal name]
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