FILM DIRECTOR

Stephen Gyllenhaal

1949 - Today

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Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal ( JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Stephen Gyllenhaal is the 944th most popular film director (down from 928th in 2024), the 6,732nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,905th in 2019) and the 237th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stephen Gyllenhaal ranks 944 out of 2,041. Before him are Mark Zakharov, Jimmy T. Murakami, Yash Chopra, Jean-Marie Poiré, John Alcott, and Janusz Kamiński. After him are Christophe Gans, Mark Waters, Ulu Grosbard, Preston Sturges, Luis Llosa, and Michaël Dudok de Wit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Stephen Gyllenhaal ranks 405. Before him are Jahn Teigen, Alexander Gradsky, Gates McFadden, Mohammed bin Hammam, Emanuel Ax, and Mohamed Akid. After him are Jupp Kapellmann, Bonnie Raitt, Ian Stewart, Bob Backlund, Chrisye, and Randall Wallace.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Gyllenhaal ranks 6,734 out of 20,380. Before him are Marion Zinderstein (1896), Lenny Wilkens (1937), Tad Williams (1957), Dann Florek (1950), Rex Cawley (1940), and Mark Boone Junior (1955). After him are Irvin McDowell (1818), Mark Waters (1964), John Piper (1946), Jean Shiley (1911), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), and Robert R. Wilson (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stephen Gyllenhaal ranks 237. Before him are Mary Lambert (1951), Mimi Leder (1952), Godfrey Reggio (1940), Mark L. Lester (1946), Wilfred Jackson (1906), and Jimmy T. Murakami (1933). After him are Mark Waters (1964), Preston Sturges (1898), Walter Lang (1896), Jerry Schatzberg (1927), Randall Wallace (1949), and John Cromwell (1886).

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