Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell.

* Waterland ( 1992 ), directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, is based on Graham Swift's book with the same title.

A 2005 film adaptation was directed by John Madden starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Catherine, along with Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Source Code is a 2011 American science fiction-techno-thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, written by Ben Ripley, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Russell Peters and Jeffrey Wright which employs the concepts of quantum reality and parallel universes.

* Secretary ( 2002 ), directed by Steven Shainberg and starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Recent motion pictures in which the agency has been involved in include Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Robert Duvall, and directed by Scott Cooper ; Richard Eyre ’ s The Other Man, starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney ; Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, starring Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, and Kim Cattrall ; James Toback's documentary Tyson, which was the official selection in Un Certain Regard at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and won a specially named " Knockout " prize ; Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won a special jury prize ; and The Women, directed by Diane English and starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Candice Bergen, and Bette Midler.

He has work in American films with directors like Tony Scott, Joe Johnston, Stephen Gyllenhaal, The Warden of the Red Rock starring James Caan, Brian Dennehy and David Carradine, The Time of Her Time a Norman Mailer story directed by Francis Delia and GallowWalker with Wesley Snipes, also with John Carpenter in Vampires: Los Muertos.

Prior to his senior year in high school, the only other film not directed by his father, in which Gyllenhaal was allowed to perform, was the 1993 film Josh and S. A. M., a little-known children's adventure.

The film, directed by Richard Kelly, is set in 1988 and stars Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who, after narrowly escaping death, experiences visions of a 6 foot ( 1. 8 m ) tall rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world is coming to an end.

The film is directed by Mike Newell and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina.

Mechner recently became one of the few video game creators to adapt his own creation as a feature film with Disney's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina.

Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 romantic drama film produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures in association with Red Om Films Productions, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles.

Williams gained public recognition for Brokeback Mountain, a film directed by Ang Lee that depicts the homosexual relationship between Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist ( Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal ).

Losing Isaiah is a 1995 drama film starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal.

Bubble Boy is a 2001 comedy film directed by Blair Hayes and stars Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role.

* Rendition ( film ), a 2007 film directed by Gavin Hood, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon

In 1990 Gyllenhaal directed Family of Spies, which was nominated for 2 Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy.

In 2011 Gyllenhaal directed Girl Fight which starred Anne Heche and earned Gyllenhaal a DGA Nomination for outstanding directorial achievement in movies for television.

It includes an introduction by Jake Gyllenhaal, the screenplay of the Donnie Darko Director's Cut, an in-depth interview with Kelly, facsimile pages from the Philosophy of Time Travel, photos and drawings from the film, and artwork it inspired.

* Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Robbins ( Mitch's son ; this was Jake Gyllenhaal's film debut at age 10 )

Gyllenhaal has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the indie film Sherrybaby ( 2006 ), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, the romantic comedy Trust the Man ( 2006 ), and big-budget films such as World Trade Center ( 2006 ) and The Dark Knight ( 2008 ).

Gyllenhaal was born in New York City to film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal ( née Achs ).

Her performance in the film received favorable reviews ; Mike Straka of Fox News wrote: " Gyllenhaal has never been sexier in any film before and her interplay with Ferrell will propel her to more A-list films, leaving her indie-darling days behind, no doubt.

" Her performance in the film was well received: David Germain of the Associated Press wrote, " Gyllenhaal humanizes her so deeply and richly ... that Sherry elicits sympathy even in her darkest and weakest moments ", and Dennis Harvey of Variety called her performance " naturalistic ".

Gyllenhaal at the premiere of The Dark Knight ( film ) | The Dark Knight in New York City, July 14, 2008

IGN film critic Todd Gilchrist wrote, " Gyllenhaal adds real depth and energy to Rachel Dawes.

Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News was less than enthusiastic about her performance, writing: " Gyllenhaal, who was so dynamic as a druggie in the film Sherrybaby, plays Yelena with a slow-mo saunter and monotonous pasted-on smile that makes it seem as if she's been in Sherry's stash.

Gyllenhaal agreed to appear in the comedy film Away We Go, where she plays a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of John Krasinski's character.

In 2010, Gyllenhaal appeared in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, the sequel to the 2005 film Nanny McPhee.

The option to make Campbell's book into a feature film was purchased in 2007 by producer / director Stephen Gyllenhaal ( See: Grassroots ( film )).

Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner ( née Achs ).

New York Times critic Stephen Holden noted: " The role of Lee, which Maggie Gyllenhaal imbues with a restrained comic delicacy and sweetness, should make her a star.

Gyllenhaal acknowledged her character was a damsel in distress to an extent, but said director Christopher Nolan sought ways to empower her character, so " Rachel's really clear about what's important to her and unwilling to compromise her morals, which made a nice change " from the many conflicted characters she had previously portrayed.

Following his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, he starred in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Gyllenhaal graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles in 1998, then attended Columbia University, where his sister was a senior and from which his mother had graduated, to study Eastern religions and philosophy.

Cooper was generally busy in 2005, appearing in three acclaimed films: Jarhead ( which reunited him with American Beauty director Sam Mendes and October Sky actor Jake Gyllenhaal );

The British film WΔZ, starring Stellan Skarsgård and Selma Blair, and its US counterpart Scar, starring Angela Bettis and Ben Cotton continued to facilitate this hybrid form of torture porn, which was also to a lesser degree, evident in films such as Rendition ( 2007 ) starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and Unthinkable ( 2010 ) starring Samuel L. Jackson.

This is an Israeli – American co-production which combines various American actors, such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Christina Applegate, Greg Kinnear, Debra Messing and Cedric the Entertainer, and is geared at teaching Jewish-American children about the Secular Jewish culture.

Sheridan helmed the 2009 film Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, which was shot in New Mexico.

She was part of an ensemble cast that included Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles.

Kelly was nominated for " Best First Feature " and " Best First Screenplay " with Donnie Darko, as well as Jake Gyllenhaal being nominated for " Best Male Lead ," at the Independent Spirit Awards.

* 2003 — Jake Gyllenhaal won " Best Actor " and Richard Kelly " Best Original Screenplay " for Donnie Darko at the Chlotrudis Awards, where Kelly was also nominated for " Best Director " and " Best Movie ".

Throughout 2007, there was persistent speculation in the mass media about a romantic relationship between Witherspoon and her Rendition co-star Jake Gyllenhaal.

Her father, who was raised in the Swedenborgian religion, is of Swedish and English ancestry, and is a member of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

Her last purely Swedish ancestor was her great-grandfather, a descendant of Leonard Gyllenhaal, a leading Swedenborgian who supported the printing and spreading of Swedenborg's writings.

Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone reported that Gyllenhaal was " funny, touching and vital as Jean " and that her part was " conventionally conceived, but Gyllenhaal plays it with a tough core of intelligence and feeling.