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 Were 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 cowriting The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004 and Fantastic Mr Fox 2009 Description above from the Wikipedia article Noah Baumbach licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia