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2 | Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969) is an American director known for his depictions of upper-middle-class ennui. |
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4 | He is a close collaborator with, and often compared to Creator/WesAnderson, to the point where the two of them co-wrote ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou'' and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' together and even share a producer in Scott Rudin. They also have a similar “quirky” style of films, though Baumbach's films usually deal with darker elements than Anderson’s. |
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6 | Baumbach was married to Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh from 2005 to 2013. He‘s now in a relationship with Creator/GretaGerwig, with whom he co-wrote ''Film/Barbie2023'', and whom he directed in ''Film/FrancesHa'' and ''Film/WhiteNoise2022''. |
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10 | !!Filmography: |
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12 | * ''Kicking and Screaming'' (1995) |
13 | * ''Highball'' (1997) |
14 | * ''Mr. Jealousy'' (1998) |
15 | * ''Film/TheSquidAndTheWhale'' (2005) |
16 | * ''Margot at the Wedding'' (2007) |
17 | * ''Greenberg'' (2010) |
18 | * ''Film/FrancesHa'' (2012) |
19 | * ''While We’re Young'' (2014) |
20 | * ''Mistress America'' (2015) |
21 | * ''[[Creator/BrianDePalma De Palma]]'' [[note]] Co-directed with Jake Paltrow [[/note]] (2015) |
22 | * ''Film/TheMeyerowitzStories'' (New and Selected) (2017) |
23 | * ''Film/MarriageStory'' (2019) |
24 | * ''Film/{{White Noise|2022}}'' (2022) |
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26 | !!Tropes present in his work: |
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28 | * AlanSmithee: For ''Highball'', he was credited as "Ernie Fusco" for director and "Jesse Carter" for co-writer. |
29 | * AuthorAppeal: He seems to love characters who refuse to grow up and relationships falling apart. |
30 | * BigApplesauce |
31 | * BlackComedy |
32 | * CentralTheme: DysfunctionalFamily. |
33 | * CreatorBacklash: ''Highball'' is one to him, with him referring to it as basically unfinished. and all but disowning it. |
34 | * CreatorCouple: With Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh for ''Greenberg'', and later Creator/GretaGerwig for ''Frances Ha'', ''Mistress America'', and ''Film/Barbie2023''. |
35 | * CreatorsOddball: Noah Baumbach is the writer of ''Film/TheSquidAndTheWhale'', ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Film/TheMeyerowitzStories'', ''Film/MarriageStory'' and......[[Film/Barbie2023 Barbie]]? |
36 | ** He is also co-writer for ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted''. |
37 | * CreatorProvincialism: Tends to set his movies in his native UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. |
38 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Than his collaborator Wes Anderson. |
39 | * DysfunctionalFamily: When families in his movies are reunited, they all seem to be at least somewhat dysfunctional. |
40 | * GreyAndGrayMorality |
41 | * GrowingUpSucks: A major theme of his work involves people who stubbornly refuse to grow up. |
42 | * HumansAreFlawed: Characters can be really stubborn, ignorant, arrogant, or immature (refusing to grow up and take responsibility) however that doesn't mean they are all [[HumansAreBastards outright horrible people]]. |
43 | * PigeonholedDirector: He, like Wes Anderson, is known for “quirky” movies about upper-middle class people, though his style is more caustic. |
44 | * PlayingAgainstType: He’s best known for his dramedies about people who struggle to grow up. He also co-wrote the screenplay for ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'', a decision that, as implied by ''Marriage Story'', was [[MoneyDearBoy largely financial]] following his divorce from Jennifer Jason Leigh. |
45 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His earlier films are ''very'' cynical. However, his past few films have been somewhere in the middle. |
46 | * TechnicianVsPerformer: The Performer to Wes Anderson’s Technician. |
47 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Though with ''Margot'', the characters fall under SociopathicHero. |
48 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: ''Film/TheSquidAndTheWhale'' and ''Film/TheMeyerowitzStories'' were his sort of personal therapy stories based on his relationship with his family, particularly his father. |
49 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, he wanted Wes Anderson to direct ''The Squid and the Whale'', but Anderson declined on the grounds that only Baumbach could tell his own personal story. |
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