Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He received Academy Award nominations for writing his films The Squid and the Whale (2005) and Marriage Story (2019), both of which he also directed, while the former garnered him one of the few screenwriters to ever sweep "The Big Four" critics awards: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle, and National Society of Film Critics. He has written and directed a number of other films, including Margot at the Wedding (2007), While We're Young (2014), and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). He is also known for his collaborations with his partner Greta Gerwig in Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2013), Mistress America (2015), and White Noise (2022), as well as with Wes Anderson, co-writing The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Noah Baumbach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Jay Kelly — Director (uncredited), Producer, Writer
• 2025Pavements — Self (uncredited), Thanks
• 2024Janet Planet — Thanks
• 2023Barbie — Executive Producer, Writer
• 2022White Noise — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2019Marriage Story — Writer, Producer, Director
• 2017The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2016De Palma — Sound Recordist, Director, Producer
• 2016The Funeral — Thanks
• 2015Mistress America — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2015She's Funny That Way — Executive Producer
• 2015While We're Young — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2013Frances Ha — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted — Screenplay
• 2011Tower Heist — Additional Writing
• 2010Greenberg — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 2009Alexander the Last — Producer
• 2009André Gregory and Wallace Shawn — Director
• 2009Fantastic Mr. Fox — Screenplay
• 2007Margot at the Wedding — Screenplay, Director
• 2005The Squid and the Whale — Director, Writer
• 2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou — Phillip, Writer
• 2002Highball — Philip, Writer, Director
• 2000Conrad and Butler Take a Vacation — Director, Writer
• 1998Mr. Jealousy — Arliss, Director, Writer, Set Dresser
• 1995Kicking and Screaming — Danny, Director, Writer, Story
• Saturday Night Live — Director
• Untitled Noah Baumbach Film — Director, Writer, Producer

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2025The Making of Jay Kelly — Self - Director / Writer
• 2020The Making of "Marriage Story" — Self
• 2019Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2014One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film — Self
• 2005On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' — Self / Screenwrite
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self