Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal

Writer/Director/Producer

Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal is an independent filmmaker, Yale graduate, and Fulbright Scholar who hails from Hawai’i. She is the writer/director of a diverse body of award-winning dramas and documentaries 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 is the writer/director of the award-winning Hawaiian short, LYCHEE THIEVES, which screened in over 40 film festivals around the world. She was also the producer and director of photography of KIND OF A BLUR, a film festival favorite starring Sandra Oh. Kathleen taught film production at the University of Colorado, Boulder before joining the Film Department at Vassar College, where she was awarded tenure.

In 2010, Kathleen moved to Hollywood to co-produce the feature film GRASSROOTS, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and starring Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Lauren Ambrose and Cedric the Entertainer. Currently, Kathleen is writing and directing her first feature film, 5 MILE CREEK, and developing a new dramatic television series with Stephen Gyllenhaal.