Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (née Achs; born March 4, 1946) is an American screenwriter and director. She is the mother of actors Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 15, 1946 (80)
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Writer, producer and director
- 9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Naomi Foner's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Naomi Foner's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Naomi Foner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Very Good Girls(2013)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Enlightened(2011)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all showsGrowing Up Barnard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Bee Season(2005)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Homegrown(1998)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Losing Isaiah(1995)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
A Dangerous Woman(1993)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Running on Empty(1988)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Violets Are Blue...(1986)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Secrets of Midland Heights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Electric Company(1971)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1980 to 2013.
Biggest box office
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Highest rated
Running on Empty (1988)
Most popular right now
The Electric Company (1971)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Naomi Foner's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 4 are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Naomi Foner work with?
People who share at least 2 of Naomi Foner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stephen Gyllenhaal shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Stephen GyllenhaalShared titles: Homegrown (1998), Losing Isaiah (1995), A Dangerous Woman (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Stephen Gyllenhaal
Actors
- David StrathairnShared titles: Losing Isaiah (1995), A Dangerous Woman (1993)See all 2 shared titles with David Strathairn
- Augusta DabneyShared titles: Running on Empty (1988), Violets Are Blue... (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Augusta Dabney
Editors
- Harvey RosenstockShared titles: Losing Isaiah (1995), A Dangerous Woman (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Harvey Rosenstock
Producers
- Hawk KochShared titles: Very Good Girls (2013), Losing Isaiah (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Hawk Koch
Mixed roles
- Paul DooleyShared titles: A Dangerous Woman (1993), The Electric Company (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Dooley
