Jake Paltrow

Film director

Birthday September 26, 1975

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Age 48 years old

Nationality United States

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1975

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.

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

He had a Bar Mitzvah.

He is a first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig and a second cousin of former U.S. congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

1999

In 1999, Paltrow met photographer and artist Taryn Simon, whom he married in 2010; they have two children together.

2003

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.

2006

In 2006, he made his debut as a film director with the movie The Good Night, which featured his sister Gwyneth.

2007

The movie was released at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Paltrow has produced short films about actors for the New York Times.

2014

In 2014, he wrote, directed and produced the dystopian sci-fi Western Young Ones.