Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal
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Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal | |
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Born | Kathleen Kwai Ching Man 1974 (age 49–50) 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 |
Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal (born Kathleen Kwai Ching Man; 1974) is an American filmmaker from Hawaii.
Education
[edit]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
[edit]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. The pair have collaborated on projects such as the film Grassroots which starred Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore.
Career
[edit]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.[6] 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.[7]
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. [8]
Kathleen 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.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ "Bios - Vassar College". Bios.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ "Kathleen Man '92; Bringing Stories to Life". panhou.edu.
- ^ Merriam, Allie (2011-07-25). "Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal Pictures at Stephen Gyllenhaal's Wedding | POPSUGAR Celebrity". Popsugar.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ "Stephen Gyllenhaal and Kathleen Kwai Ching Man Wedding Photos". Celebritybrideguide.com. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ "WPPC Nepal Foundation - Wppcnepal.Org". 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Beauty Mark — Bartlett's Integrated Health Journal". 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Bios | Beauty Mark". Beautymarkmovie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ Gyllenhaal, Stephen (2016-08-18). "The Science Behind Pregnant Fathers". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1974 births
- Gyllenhaal family
- Punahou School alumni
- Yale University alumni
- University of Iowa alumni
- Vassar College faculty
- People from Oahu
- American documentary film directors
- American documentary film producers
- Film directors from Hawaii
- American women documentary filmmakers
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women