Noah Baumbach


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Noah Baumbach
Born September 3, 1969 (1969-09-03) (age 39)
Brooklyn, New York, US
Spouse(s) Jennifer Jason Leigh (2005-present)

Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated American writer, director and independent filmmaker.

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Background and education

Baumbach is the son of novelist/film critic Jonathan Baumbach and Village Voice critic Georgia Brown. He graduated from Brooklyn's Midwood High School in 1987, received his B.A. from Vassar College in 1991.

Career

Baumbach made his writing and directing debut at the age of 26 with Kicking and Screaming (1995), a comedy about four young men who graduate from college and refuse to move on with their lives. The film starred Josh Hamilton, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott and premiered in 1995 at the New York Film Festival. Baumbach was chosen as one of Newsweek's "Ten New Faces of 1996".

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. He then co-wrote (under the name Jesse Carter) and directed (under the name Ernie Fusco) the New York-set comedy of manners Highball. He co-wrote The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) with Wes Anderson.

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. The film stars Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney in the parent roles. The Squid and the Whale was a sleeper hit and a critical success, earning Baumbach two awards at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. It also received six Independent Spirit Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations and the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review all voted it the year’s best screenplay.

Baumbach's most recent film was the comedy-drama Margot at the Wedding, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and John Turturro. In the film, Kidman plays a woman named Margot who spends several days visiting her sister Pauline (Leigh) on the eve of Pauline's wedding to Black's character. It was shot in April/May 2006 in Hampton Bays and City Island, Bronx. The film was released in the United States by Paramount Vantage on November 16, 2007.

Baumbach helped make a short film entitled "Clearing the Air" for a recent episode of Saturday Night Live. It starred host Paul Rudd and SNL castmembers Bill Hader and Fred Armisen and was credited to "Fred, Bill & Noah".[1]

Upcoming projects

Baumbach is slated to co-write a script of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox with Wes Anderson, who will direct it using stop-motion technology.

Baumbach has "shown an affinity for writing about the East Coast elite". Ron Howard is slated to direct Baumbach's script of Claire Messud's novel The Emperor's Children. Baumbach has also written an adaptation of Curtis Sittenfeld's novel Prep.[2]

Personal life

Baumbach and his girlfriend of four years, actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, were married on September 3, 2005. They live in New York City and Los Angeles.

References

  1. ^ http://whatevs.tumblr.com/post/60171165/im-not-sure-exactly-what-rationale-is-used-by-the
  2. ^ Howard ready to father 'Children' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

Filmography

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NAME Baumbach, Noah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1969-9-3
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH
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