Jake Paltrow

{{Short description|American film director, screenwriter and actor}}

{{Infobox person

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|September 26, 1975}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| education =

| occupation = Film director

| spouse = {{marriage|Taryn Simon|2010}}

| children = 2

| parents = Bruce Paltrow
Blythe Danner

| relatives = Gwyneth Paltrow (sister)
Harry Danner (uncle)
Apple Martin (niece)
Katherine Moennig (half-cousin)
Rebekah Neumann (cousin)
Gabby Giffords (second cousin)

}}

Jake Paltrow (born September 26, 1975) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Coming from a family of actors, he is the younger brother of Gwyneth Paltrow and the son of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner.

Personal life

Paltrow is the son of producer-director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner.

His father is Jewish and he had a Bar Mitzvah.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/blythe-danner-fockers-39682.aspx |title=Blythe Danner Gets Huffy |first=Ileane |last=Rudolph |date=November 11, 2004 |work=TV Guide|access-date=May 20, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old_stories/article/gwyneth_paltrow_movies_stardom_and_judaism_19991231 |title=Gwyneth Paltrow, Movies, Stardom and Judaism - Old Stories |work=Jewish Journal |access-date=May 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001222330/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old_stories/article/gwyneth_paltrow_movies_stardom_and_judaism_19991231 |archive-date=October 1, 2015 }}

He is a half first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig{{citation needed |date=November 2022}} and a second cousin of former U.S. congresswoman Gabby Giffords.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In 1999, Paltrow met photographer and artist Taryn Simon, whom he married in 2010; they have two children together.{{cite web | url = http://www.wmagazine.com/artdesign/2011/11/taryn-simon-artist?currentPage=3 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130706020443/http://www.wmagazine.com/artdesign/2011/11/taryn-simon-artist?currentPage=3 | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 6, 2013 | title = Taryn's World | date = November 2011 | publisher = W magazine | access-date = April 26, 2013 }}

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.

In 2006, he made his debut as a film director with the movie The Good Night, which featured his sister Gwyneth. The movie was released at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Paltrow has produced short films about actors for the New York Times. In 2014, he wrote, directed and produced the dystopian sci-fi Western Young Ones.

Filmography

class="wikitable" \|+Film
Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer ! Notes
2007 \|The Good Night \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2010 \|Greenberg \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| appeared as Johno
2014 \|Young Ones \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2015 \|De Palma \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| Documentary Co-directed with Noah Baumbach
2022 \|June Zero \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|

class="wikitable"

|+Film

Year

! Title

! Director

! Writer

! Producer

! Notes

2007

|The Good Night

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2010

|Greenberg

| {{no}}

| appeared as Johno

2014

|Young Ones

| {{yes}}

2015

|De Palma

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Documentary
Co-directed with Noah Baumbach

2022

|June Zero

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

class="wikitable" \|+Television
Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
1996 \| High Incident \| {{yes}} \| two episodes
1997–2004 \| NYPD Blue \| {{yes}} \| Ten episodes
2000 \| The Others \| {{yes}} \| one episode
2004 \| The Jury \| {{yes}} \| one episode
2013–2014 \|Boardwalk Empire \| {{yes}} \| "White Horse Pike" "Cuanto"
2016 \| Halt and Catch Fire \| {{yes}} \| one episode

class="wikitable"

|+Television

Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1996

| High Incident

| {{yes}}

| two episodes

1997–2004

| NYPD Blue