Jake Paltrow is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Coming from a family of actors, he is the younger brother of

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and the son of Bruce Paltrow and

Blythe Danner Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. Accolades she has received include two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on ''Huff'' (2004–2006), and a ...

Personal life

Paltrow is the son of producer-director Bruce Paltrow and actress

. He had a Bar Mitzvah. He is a first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig and a second cousin of former US Congresswoman

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. In 1999, Paltrow met photographer and artist

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, whom he married in 2010; they have two children together.

Career

Paltrow's most prominent job was directing some '' NYPD Blue'' episodes, such as: ''Andy Appleseed'' (2003), ''Brothers Under Arms'' (2000) and ''Big Bang Theory'' (1999), following in his father's footsteps as a

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the pro ...

. In 2006, he made his debut as a

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

with the movie '' The Good Night'', which featured his sister Gwyneth. The movie was released at the

2007 Sundance Film Festival The 2007 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18 until January 28, 2007, in Park City, Utah with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah and Ogden, Utah. It was the 23-rd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was '' Chica ...

. Paltrow has produced short films about actors for the ''

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''. In 2014, he wrote, directed and produced the

dystopian A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493). ...

sci-fi Western '' Young Ones''.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paltrow, Jake 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male screenwriters American people of Barbadian descent American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent American people of English descent American people of Pennsylvania Dutch descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent American television directors Crossroads School alumni Film directors from Los Angeles Living people Male actors from Los Angeles Screenwriters from California Writers from Los Angeles 1975 births Paltrow family