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
fun down-and way
When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to see them as someone who has been through similar experiences, but also as someone who just loves film. You can talk with them about films in a way that feels really free.
song mean thinking
I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.
teenager divorce agreement
I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.
way analysis therapy
I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.
association location
I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.
college interesting people
Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.
thinking notion cinematic
I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.
character giving
You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.
growing-up writing opportunity
I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except that growing up, I didn't have the opportunity to shoot as much as I did to write.
thinking years guy
There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.
people knows
I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.
character ideas agree
I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.
cds interesting people
There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.
brilliant made
Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.