Role Filmmaker Name Kathleen Gyllenhaal | Years active 2000–present Occupation Filmmaker | |
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Full Name Kathleen Kwai Ching Man Residence Los Angeles, United States Website kathleenmangyllenhaal.com Movies In Utero, Lychee Thieves, Kind of a Blur, The Exquisite Continent Similar People | ||
Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal (born Kathleen Kwai Ching Man; 1974) is an American filmmaker from Hawaii.
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Education
Man Gyllenhaal graduated from Yale University with a B.A. degree in Film studies and received her M.F.A. degree from The University of Iowa. 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.
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. In July 2011 Man Gyllenhaal married Stephen Gyllenhaal, a director/producer who is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The ceremony was held on her home island of Oahu. The pair have collaborated on projects such as the film Grassroots which starred Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore.
Man Gyllenhaal gave birth to son Luke in 2014, after two previous miscarriages. The couple currently resides in the Hollywood Hills.
Career
Man Gyllenhaal has directed many award-winning shorts including Sita: A Girl From Jambu which explores sex trafficking in Nepal, Kind of a Blur which starred Sandra Oh 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.
Man Gyllenhaal also 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.
Man Gyllenhaal served as a co-producer of Grassroots and is a screenwriter for The Kennedy Detail.
Kathleen is also the writer/director of 'In Utero' a feature documentary about in utero life and its impact on human development, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2015. For her film 'In Utero', she was nominated for the 'Talented New Director Award' by the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema. Man Gyllenhaal was pregnant herself while filming 'In Utero'.