Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969) is an American writer, director and independent filmmaker. Read full biography of Noah Baumbach →
A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.
I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.
Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.
Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.
Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world.
I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art.
I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.
I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.
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... →
I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.
My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.
That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.
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... →
Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969) is an American writer, director and independent filmmaker.