Kathleen Gyllenhaal
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Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal was born and raised on O’ahu, Hawai’i and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the writer/director of a diverse body of award-winning documentaries and dramas including THE INTERVIEW, a Kafkaesque French-language film set in Paris, SITA: A GIRL FROM JAMBU, an ethnographic drama about child sex trafficking in Nepal, and BEAUTY MARK, a social documentary exploring America’s obsession with body image, perfection and success.
Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal was born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the writer/director of a diverse body of award-winning dramas and documentaries, including BEAUTY MARK, a social documentary exploring America’s obsession with body image, perfection and success, and SITA: A GIRL FROM JAMBU, an ethnographic drama about child sex trafficking in Nepal. Kathleen taught at the University of Colorado-Boulder, then Vassar College, where she obtained tenure. From there, she transitioned to Hollywood, co-producing the feature film GRASSROOTS, starring Jason Biggs, Cedric the Entertainer and Lauren Ambrose, released by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Kathleen wrote and directed the award-winning LYCHEE THIEVES, an Academy Award qualifying live-action short. Recently, Kathleen directed the feature documentary, IN UTERO.
