Noah Hawley
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Born | 1967 (age 56–57) New York City, U.S.[1] |
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Alma mater | Sarah Lawrence College |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse | Kyle Hawley |
Children | 2 |
Noah Hawley (born c. 1967) is an American director, producer, and writer for television and film who created and wrote the FX television series Fargo (2014–present) and Legion (2017–2019). Hawley earlier worked on the television series Bones (2005–2008), The Unusuals (2009), and My Generation (2010), and wrote the film The Alibi (2006). He also wrote and directed Lucy in the Sky (2019). He is set to create a new television series based on the Alien film franchise. In addition to his work in film and television, he has also written six novels.
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Early life
Hawley was born and raised in New York City.[1][2] His mother, Louise Armstrong,[3] was a non-fiction writer and activist, and his maternal grandmother was a playwright. His father, Tom Hawley, was a businessman.[3] He has a twin brother, Alexi, who has written for the television shows The Following and Castle, and is the creator of State of Affairs, The Rookie, and The Recruit.[2][3]
Hawley graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in political science in 1989.[4][5] He worked for the Legal Aid Society in New York City, dealing with cases involving child abuse and neglect.[5][6] He later moved to San Francisco. He worked in computer programming at law firms[5] and as a paralegal.[2]
Career
Books
He has published six novels: A Conspiracy of Tall Men (1998), Other People's Weddings (2004), The Punch (2008), The Good Father (2012), Before the Fall (2016), and Anthem (2022), plus one non-fiction work, Fargo: This is a True Story (2019).[7]
Television
Hawley was a writer and producer on the first three seasons of the television series Bones (2005–2008).[8] He was also a creator and an executive producer of The Unusuals (2009) and My Generation (2010).[9]
Hawley is the creator, primary writer, and executive producer of the FX anthology television series Fargo (2014), based on the Coen brothers' 1996 film of the same name. On August 25, 2014, Fargo won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries, along with 17 additional nominations at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. In total, the series has been nominated for 113 awards since its premiere, winning 32 of them. The fourth season of Fargo premiered on September 27, 2020.[10]
In December 2015, Hawley extended his production deal with FX.[11] He wrote and served as executive producer for Legion, an FX television series based on the Marvel comic book character.[12]
On December 10, 2020, it was announced that Hawley will be creating a television series based on the Alien franchise for FX, for which he will serve as the showrunner, primary writer, and executive producer.[13][14]
Film
Hawley wrote the original screenplay for the film The Alibi (2006).[15]
In September 2014, Hawley signed a deal with Universal Pictures to script an untitled project for their then-upcoming Dark Universe.[16] Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Hawley's novel, Before the Fall, with him writing the screenplay.[16] In 2016, his 26 Keys production company signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to do films.[17]
On July 20, 2017, Hawley announced at Comic Con that he was writing and directing a Doctor Doom movie with 20th Century Fox.[18] However, the project was shelved following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.[19][20]
In 2019, he made his feature film directorial debut with Lucy in the Sky, a drama film starring Natalie Portman as an astronaut, for Fox Searchlight.[21]
In November 2019, it was announced that Hawley would be writing and directing the fourth installment in the rebooted Star Trek franchise.[22] He finished the script in September 2020. It would feature a new crew, although set in the same universe.[23] In late November 2020, the project was cancelled and Hawley had left.[24]
Personal life
Hawley resides in Austin, Texas and Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Kyle Hawley, and their two children.[2]
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive producer |
Creator | Notes |
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2005–2008 | Bones | No | Yes | No | No | As writer (6 episodes) Also co-producer (14 episodes) |
2009 | The Unusuals | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3 episodes Also composer |
2010 | My Generation | No | Yes | Yes | Developer | 2 episodes |
2014–present | Fargo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | As director (4 episodes) As writer (34 episodes) |
2017–2019 | Legion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | As director (3 episodes) As writer (19 episodes) |
TBA | Alien | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
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2006 | The Alibi | No | Yes | No |
2019 | Lucy in the Sky | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Published works
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Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2014 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Limited Series | Fargo | Won |
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Nominated | |||
Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Miniseries | Won | ||
Producers Guild of America Award | Best Long-Form Television | Won | ||
Golden Globe Award | Best Miniseries | Won | ||
2015 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Limited Series | Nominated | |
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Nominated | |||
Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Miniseries | Won | ||
Producers Guild of America Award | Best Long-Form Television | Won | ||
Golden Globe Award | Best Miniseries | Nominated | ||
Writers Guild of America Award | Long Form – Adapted | Won | ||
2017 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Limited Series | Nominated | |
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Nominated | |||
Writers Guild of America Award | Long Form – Adapted | Nominated |
References
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- ↑ "News and Announcements from Alums" Archived January 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Sarah Lawrence College website, accessed May 30, 2013.
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- ↑ Elks, Jennifer, The Skinny, accessed June 21, 2011.
- ↑ "Development Update:Wednesday, January 20", The Futon Critic, accessed June 21, 2011.
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- ↑ Elks, Jennifer "Lies and Alibis" Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Coming Soon, accessed June 21, 2011.
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External links
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