Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach is an American independent filmmaker. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Squid and the Whaleand is known for making dramatic comedies. Other acclaimed films written and directed by Baumbach include Frances Ha, While We're Young, and Mistress America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 September 1969
CountryUnited States of America
crazy years film
Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.
thinking people way
I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.
nice nice-things conversation
That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.
fun kids thinking
Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.'
black-and-white color tvs
A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.
people well-known wells
Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.
procrastination writing finding-yourself
When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet.
kids thinking serious-person
As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.
thinking knows happenings
I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.
materials
I always viewed life as material for a movie.
crime-novels flip burgers
I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.
manhattan tourists driven
Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.
kids thinking people
I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go off path to find their path. You see it with kids all the time: They're testing boundaries, and I think that's healthy.
new-york real special
It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.