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Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal ( /ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. Gyllenhaal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Virginia Lowrie (née Childs) and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. The Gyllenhaal 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." Stephen grew up in suburban Pennsylvania in a close-knit Swedenborgian family and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1972, with a degree in English. His... MORE

Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal ( /ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. Gyllenhaal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Virginia Lowrie (née Childs) and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. The Gyllenhaal 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." Stephen grew up in suburban Pennsylvania in a close-knit Swedenborgian family and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1972, with a degree in English. His mentor at Trinity was the poet Hugh Ogden. He was married to screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal for 32 years until their divorce was finalized in 2009. From that marriage, he is the father of actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal. He is also the brother of Anders Gyllenhaal, executive editor of the Miami Herald. In July 2011 he married Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal, a filmmaker and professor who has worked on the film Grassroots alongside 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 LESS