Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal
American film director (born 1974)
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Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal (born Kathleen Kwai Ching Man; 1974) is an American filmmaker from Hawaii.
1974 (age 51–52)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kathleen Kwai Ching Man 1974 (age 51–52) Oahu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Education | Punahou School |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Education
Man Gyllenhaal graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Film studies and received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa.[1] Man Gyllenhaal was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in Paris, France where she directed an award-winning short film titled L'Entretien (The Interview). Man Gyllenhaal then served as a professor at Vassar College where she was awarded tenure. While at the college, Man Gyllenhaal directed a short film as a collaboration with her students titled, Walk the Fish.[2]
Personal life
Man Gyllenhaal was born on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. There, she attended high school at the Punahou School, graduating in 1992.[3] In July 2011 Gyllenhaal married Stephen Gyllenhaal, a director/producer who is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.[4][5] The ceremony was held on her home island of Oahu. Their son Luke was born in 2014.[6][7] The pair have collaborated on projects such as the film Grassroots which starred Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore.
Career
Man Gyllenhaal has directed many award-winning shorts including Sita: A Girl From Jambu which explores sex trafficking in Nepal and Lychee Thieves a short film where Man Gyllenhaal represented her native Hawaii. Sita: A Girl From Jambu was used at benefit screenings to raise awareness and funds for the prevention of sex trafficking in Nepal. The film is based on Bichari (Poor) Sita, a play that was written and performed by native girls in rural Nepal.[8] Man Gyllenhaal produced Kind of a Blur which starred Sandra Oh.
Man Gyllenhaal also co-directed the award-winning feature-length documentary, Beauty Mark. The film tells the story of runner, Diane Israel, and her struggle with an eating disorder.[9]
Man Gyllenhaal served as a co-producer of Grassroots and is the producer of Uncharitable, based on the viral TED Talk "The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong" by Dan Pallotta. [10]
Man Gyllenhaal is also the writer/director of In Utero, a feature documentary about prenatal life and its impact on human development, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2015 and won a Social Impact Media Award (SIMA) and the Breakthrough Documentary Award at the San Diego International Film Festival. Man Gyllenhaal was pregnant herself during filming.[11]