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He is the second husband of screenwriter of the Minneapolis '' Star Tribune '' since 2002.

The family are descendants of the cavalry officer Nils Gunnesson Haal, who was ennobled in 1652 when Queen Christina of Sweden conferred upon him the title, crest and family name Gyllenhaalhttp://www.gyllenhaal.org (loosely translated as "golden-hard").

Stephen grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a close-knit Swedenborgian family and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 with a degree in English. His mentor at Trinity was the poet Hugh Ogden .

Gyllenhaal directed the film version of the Pete Dexter novel ''Paris Trout'', which was nominated for five Emmy awards.

He is also a poet who has been published in literary journals such as ''Prairie Schooner'' and ''Nimrod''. His first collection of poetry, ''Claptrap: Notes from Hollywood'',http://www.authorsbookshop.com/gyllenhaalclaptrap/ was published in June 2006 by Cantara Christopher 's New York-based literary small press, Cantarabooks.http://www.cantarabooks.com

His daughter Maggie is the fiancé of actor Peter Sarsgaard .


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