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
way analysis therapy
I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.
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.
writing school training
I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.
reason starting feels
How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.
way actors train
I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.
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.
taste defining genuine
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
psychology way connected
Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.
people dynamics film
A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.
proud stuff naked
[Shwing] the really naked stuff I've dealt with in my own life, my own therapy and relationships - for me it just feels like a film I'm really proud of.
parent sound reasonable
Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.
people well-known wells
Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.
black-and-white color tvs
A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.
emotional blind-spots people
I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with huge blind spots in terms of their own behavior.