Man Gyllenhaal has directed many award-winning shorts including
Sita: A Girl From Jambu which explores sex trafficking in
Nepal and
Lychee Thieves a short film where Man Gyllenhaal represented her native Hawaii.
Sita: A Girl From Jambu was used at benefit screenings to raise awareness and funds for the prevention of sex trafficking in Nepal. The film is based on
Bichari (Poor) Sita, a play that was written and performed by native girls in rural Nepal. Man Gyllenhaal produced
Kind of a Blur which starred
Sandra Oh. Man Gyllenhaal also co-directed the award-winning feature-length documentary,
Beauty Mark. The film tells the story of runner, Diane Israel, and her struggle with an eating disorder. Man Gyllenhaal served as a co-producer of
Grassroots and is the producer of
Uncharitable, based on the viral TED Talk "The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong" by Dan Pallotta. Man Gyllenhaal is also the writer/director of
In Utero, a feature documentary about prenatal life and its impact on human development, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2015 and won a Social Impact Media Award (SIMA) and the Breakthrough Documentary Award at the San Diego International Film Festival. Man Gyllenhaal was pregnant herself during filming. ==References==