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name: "Jake Paltrow"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jake-paltrow"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "26 September 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:39:07.473935+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jake Paltrow

Director. Born 26 September 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 26 September 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2014
- **Works often with:** Craig Zisk, Ed Bianchi, Jason Cahill, Jonathan Lisco

## Biography

Jake Paltrow (born 26 September 1975) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He is the son of producer-director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner, and the younger brother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow. He began his career directing episodes of television series, including ten episodes of *NYPD Blue* between 1997 and 2004.

Paltrow made his feature-film debut with *The Good Night* (2007), which he wrote and directed and which starred his sister. He later wrote, directed and produced the dystopian Western *Young Ones* (2014). His other directing credits include episodes of *Boardwalk Empire* (2013–2014) and *Halt and Catch Fire* (2016), the documentary *De Palma* (2015, co-directed with Noah Baumbach) and the feature *June Zero* (2022), which he also wrote.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, people.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Director
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), Director

## Also known for

- *Young Ones* (2014), Director, Screenplay
- *De Palma* (2016), Director
- *The Good Night* (2007), Director, Screenplay

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