Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
| Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Naomi Achs March 15, 1946 New York City |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse |
Eric Foner (ex-husband) Stephen Gyllenhaal (1977-2009) |
Naomi Gyllenhaal (née Achs, previously Foner; born March 15, 1946) is an American screenwriter. She has written the screenplays for several feature films, including Running on Empty (for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and won a Golden Globe Award for the same category), Losing Isaiah, and most recently Bee Season. She played the character Naomi in the Love of Chair segment of The Electric Company, where she was an associate producer for two seasons.
[edit] Personal life
Gyllenhaal was born Naomi Achs in New York City, the daughter of doctors Ruth (née Silbowitz) and Samuel Achs.[1][2][3] She was raised in a family of "high-achieving New York Jews."[4] She attended Barnard College in New York City, graduating with a BA in English. She later earned an MA in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University.
Her first ex-husband is historian and Columbia professor Eric Foner. Her second ex-husband is film director Stephen Gyllenhaal, to whom she was married for 32 years and has also collaborated professionally. The couple's two children are actors Maggie and Jake. They have one grandchild, born to their daughter in 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths ACHS, ROBERT". The New York Times. 2005-07-03. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804EED61331F930A35754C0A9639C8B63. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ "DR. RUTH ACHS, 48, PEDIATRICIAN,DIES". The New York Times. 1968-09-29. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E12FB3B541B7B93CBAB1782D85F4C8685F9. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ Lipworth, Elaine (2011-01-01). "Jake Gyllenhaal: My family values". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/01/jake-gyllenhaal-my-family-values. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "A New York Times Sponsored Archive: Bee Season". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/ads/beeseason/articles_naomi1.html.
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