Noah Baumbach

Film Director

Male

Born Sep 3, 1969

Age 43

Hometown Brooklyn

Noah Baumbach is an American writer, director and independent filmmaker.

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The 50th New York Film Festival - 'Frances Ha' - Premiere

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Sep 30, 2012

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Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach , 50th Annual New York Film Festival -Premiere of " Frances Ha" - ...

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Sep 29, 2012

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Noah Baumbach at The Weinstein Company with The Cinema Society & Altoids screening of 'Submarine'...

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May 21, 2011

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'Greenberg' Los Angeles Premiere

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Mar 18, 2010

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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Married 2005 - Present

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Noah Baumbach

Age 43

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Jonathan Baumbach

Father

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Critic's Pick: 'Frances Ha'
LATimes - about 21 hours ago

Greta Gerwig stars as a struggling young adult in the comedy she wrote with director Noah Baumbach. A delightful summer quirk can be found in the new comic drama "Frances Ha." Shot in black and white and filled with nuance, the film is directed with great affection by Noah Baumbach, who wrote it with his star — actress Greta Gerwig. Frances is a few years past college and still trying to make her way in New York. She's al...
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'Frances Ha' A Charming Portrait Of Youth And Spirit
LATimes - 7 days ago

Director Noah Baumbach and star Greta Gerwig have created an irresistible character of unexpected complexity and energy. Effortless and effervescent, "Frances Ha" is a small miracle of a movie, honest and funny with an aim that's true. It's both a timeless story of the joys and sorrows of youth and a dead-on portrait of how things are right now for one particular New York woman who, try as she might, can't quite get her life together.
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Adam Driver In Talks To Reteam With Director Noah Baumbach On 'While We're Young'
Yahoo News - May 01, 2013

By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After working together on "Frances Ha," Adam Driver is in talks to reteam with writer-director Noah Baumbach on his upcoming "While We're Young," several individuals familiar with the long-gestating project have told TheWrap. Driver's representative at the Gersh Agency did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Baumbach's "Greenberg" actor Ben Stiller has long been attached to star in the film, which follow...
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Marshall Fine: When Movies Aren't Audience Friendly
Huffington Post - Apr 12, 2013

I recall a while back that a fellow critic took offense when I referred to Noah Baumbach's Greenberg as "not an audience-friendly film." He felt that I was using the term pejoratively -- as though I was saying there was something wrong with any film that didn't make a specific point of trying to connect with its audience. Though I explained that it was not meant as a slur but as a simple descriptive, he still wasn't satisfied. I continue to b...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1969 Birth Born on September 3, 1969.

TEENAGE

1987 17 Years Old Baumbach was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of novelist/film critic Jonathan Baumbach and Village Voice critic Georgia Brown. He graduated from Brooklyn's Midwood High School in 1987 and received his BA in English from Vassar College in 1991. … Read More

TWENTIES

1995 25 Years Old The film starred Josh Hamilton, Chris Eigeman, and Carlos Jacott and premiered in 1995 at the New York Film Festival. … Read More

1997 27 Years Old In 1997 he wrote and directed Mr. Jealousy, a film about a young writer so jealous about his girlfriend that he sneaks into the group therapy sessions of her ex-boyfriend to discover what kind of relationship they had. … Read More

THIRTIES

2005 35 Years Old 1 More Event

His 2005 film The Squid and the Whale was a semi-autobiographical comedy-drama about his childhood in Brooklyn and the effect of his parents' divorce on the family in the mid-1980s. … Read More

2007 37 Years Old Baumbach wrote and directed the 2007 comedy-drama Margot at the Wedding, starring his wife Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and John Turturro. … Read More

FORTIES

2010 40 Years Old His latest film, Greenberg, was released March 2010, and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. … Read More

2012 42 Years Old On July 24th, 2012, Toronto International Film Festival announced its 2012 line-up, which included Noah Baumbach's upcoming film Frances Ha, co-written by Greta Gerwig. Baumbach met actress Jennifer Jason Leigh in 2001, while she was starring on Broadway in Proof. The couple married on September 2, 2005. Their son, Rohmer Emmanuel, was born on March 17, 2010. Leigh filed for divorce from Baumbach on November 15, 2010, in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. … Read More

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