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 Born in Brooklyn in 1969 Noah Baumbach is the son of two film critics, Georgia Brown and Jonathan Baumbach (also a writer). His studies at Vassar College were the subject of his first film (made as he was 26 years old), Kicking and Screaming (1995). His second major picture, made ten years later, The Squid and the Whale (2005) was no less autobiographical but went back further in his personal history, back to the time when his parents separated. Recounting this past trauma and its aftermath earned Noah a selection at the Sundance Film Festival, three Golden Globe nominations and a best screenplay Oscar nomination. From then on his career was launched and his output became more regular with Margot at the Wedding (2007) starring Nicole Kidman and his wife Jennifer Jason Leigh, Greenberg (2010), filmed in Los Angeles, with Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig. Back in New york, where he lives, he was the director (and co-author with his main actress, Greta Gerwig) of the bittersweet art house success Frances Ha (2012). Besides directing films, he also co-writes some with Wes Anderson, a good friend of his, and is the author of humor columns in the New Yorker.
Bio:
Born in Brooklyn in 1969 Noah Baumbach is the son of two film critics, Georgia Brown and Jonathan Baumbach (also a writer). His studies at Vassar College were the subject of his first film (made as he was 26 years old), Kicking and Screaming (1995). His second major picture, made ten years later, The Squid and the Whale (2005) was no less autobiographical but went back further in his personal history, back to the time when his parents separated. Recounting this past trauma and its aftermath earned Noah a selection at the Sundance Film Festival, three Golden Globe nominations and a best screenplay Oscar nomination. From then on his career was launched and his output became more regular with Margot at the Wedding (2007) starring Nicole Kidman and his wife Jennifer Jason Leigh, Greenberg (2010), filmed in Los Angeles, with Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig. Back in New york, where he lives, he was the director (and co-author with his main actress, Greta Gerwig) of the bittersweet art house success Frances Ha (2012). Besides directing films, he also co-writes some with Wes Anderson, a good friend of his, and is the author of humor columns in the New Yorker.
Tivia:
According to himself, he tends to return again and again to making movies about people who have an image of themselves they can't live up to.Is a close friend and collaborator of Wes Anderson.Had his script for The Squid and the Whale (2005) hand-delivered to Laura Linney by his friend Eric Stoltz during the filming of The House of Mirth (2000) in 2000. Linney agreed to do the film immediately, but it took four years to raise the financing.When directing on set, prefers saying 'Begin' or 'When you're ready', instead of 'Action!'.Has a son, Rohmer Emmanuel Baumbach (born March 17, 2010), with his ex-wife Jennifer Jason Leigh.Has been in a long-term relationship with Greta Gerwig since 2011.Baumbach and his long-time partner Greta Gerwig made motion-picture history in 2020 after each directed an Oscar-nominated Best Picture--apparently the first time a romantically-linked couple ever hit such a high mark in the same year. And though each of their films, Marriage Story (2019) and Little Women (2019) garnered six (6) )Oscar nominations--a total of 12--neither of them received a nomination as Best Director from Academy voters.His mother is Village Voice critic Georgia Brown. His father Jonathan Baumbach is a novelist and film critic.Writes a series of short stories for the New Yorker magazine.Lives in an apartment on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.Had lived with ex-wife Jennifer Jason Leigh for four years prior to their marriage.Although Baumbach directed three (3) actors in Oscar-nominated performances in one film Marriage Story (2019)--Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Laura Dern--he himself was not nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Dern won for her performance in Marriage Story (2019).Is known for his meticulous precision, doing 55 takes with Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke searching through a closet during filming of 'Untitled Public School Project'.Graduate of Vassar CollegeBriefly worked as a messenger at Manhattan's revered The New Yorker magazine.Born and raised in New York.Has been in a relationship with Greta Gerwig since 2011. On March 19, 2019, it was announced they had welcomed a son.Named one of Fade In magazine's 2005 list of 100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know.Older brother of Nico Baumbach.Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.Grandson of painter Harold Baumbach & Ida Baumbach.Ex-son-in-law of Barbara Turner and the late Vic Morrow.Ex-brother-in-law of Carrie Ann Morrow. Stepbrother-in-law of Mina Badie. |
| Name: |
Noah Baumbach |
Type: |
Writer,Director,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Writer,Director,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Writer,Director,Producer |
| Model rank: |
90 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:38:56 |
| Height: |
5' 9' (1.75 m) |
| Biography: |
Born in Brooklyn in 1969 Noah Baumbach is the son of two film critics, Georgia Brown and Jonathan Baumbach (also a writer). His studies at Vassar College were the subject of his first film (made as he was 26 years old), Kicking and Screaming (1995). |
| Trivia: |
According to himself, he tends to return again and again to making movies about people who have an image of themselves they can't live up to.Is a close friend and collaborator of Wes Anderson.Had his script for The Squid and the Whale (2005) hand-delivered to Laura Linney by his friend Eric Stoltz during the filming of The House of Mirth (2000) in 2000. Linney agreed to do the film immediately, but it took four years to raise the financing.When directing on set, prefers saying 'Begin' or 'When you're ready', instead of 'Action!'.Has a son, Rohmer Emmanuel Baumbach (born March 17, 2010), with his ex-wife Jennifer Jason Leigh.Has been in a long-term relationship with Greta Gerwig since 2011.Baumbach and his long-time partner Greta Gerwig made motion-picture history in 2020 after each directed an Oscar-nominated Best Picture--apparently the first time a romantically-linked couple ever hit such a high mark in the same year. And though each of their films, Marriage Story (2019) and Little Women (2019) garnered six (6) )Oscar nominations--a total of 12--neither of them received a nomination as Best Director from Academy voters.His mother is Village Voice critic Georgia Brown. His father Jonathan Baumbach is a novelist and film critic.Writes a series of short stories for the New Yorker magazine.Lives in an apartment on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.Had lived with ex-wife Jennifer Jason Leigh for four years prior to their marriage.Although Baumbach directed three (3) actors in Oscar-nominated performances in one film Marriage Story (2019)--Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Laura Dern--he himself was not nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Dern won for her performance in Marriage Story (2019).Is known for his meticulous precision, doing 55 takes with Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke searching through a closet during filming of 'Untitled Public School Project'.Graduate of Vassar CollegeBriefly worked as a messenger at Manhattan's revered The New Yorker magazine.Born and raised in New York.Has been in a relationship with Greta Gerwig since 2011. On March 19, 2019, it was announced they had welcomed a son.Named one of Fade In magazine's 2005 list of 100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know.Older brother of Nico Baumbach.Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.Grandson of painter Harold Baumbach & Ida Baumbach.Ex-son-in-law of Barbara Turner and the late Vic Morrow.Ex-brother-in-law of Carrie Ann Morrow. Stepbrother-in-law of Mina Badie. |
| Trademarks: |
Most of his films are at 90 minutes margin
Often works with Greta Gerwig
Recurring theme of dysfunctional families
His films often focus on immature people who are unwilling to act mature
Often works with Ben Stiller and Adam Driver |
| Quotes: |
I always viewed life as material for a movie.
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I grew up in the heat of 70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art. My film is emotional rather than meta, and that's my rebellion.
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"I still carry the residue of the pressure I felt as a child to read and appreciate the right books. Growing up, I never allowed myself to read beach reading. I was always plowing through Ford Madox Ford's "Good Solider" or something I wasn't equipped to understand".
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Somebody could easily go through and link everything to different points in not just my family, but people I know - but I don't even really care. For me, the movie is a protection - a completely reinvented film. [on 'The Squid and The Whale.']
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I don't outline. And when I've done jobs either in television or for a studio, and outlines have been part of the deal, it seems completely artificial to me and, I think, made it harder for me to write the script afterward. |
| Job title: |
Writer,Director,Producer |
| Others works: |
Was interviewed in an episode of "Talking Movies" about the potential releasing of movies simultaneously in theaters, on DVD and TV (2006). The other interviewees were Steven Soderbergh, Todd Wagner and Reese Witherspoon. |
| Spouse: |
Jennifer Jason Leigh (September 3, 2005 - September 17, 2013) (divorced, 1 child)Greta Gerwig (? - present) (1 child) |
| Parents: |
Jonathan Baumbach
Georgia Brown |
| Relatives: |
Nico Baumbach (Sibling)
Harold Baumbach (Grandparent)
Ida Baumbach (Grandparent) |
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