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Noah Hawley

Noah Hawley
Born	1967 (age 56–57) New York City, New York, United States[1]
Occupation	Television writer, television producer, screenwriter, author
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Sarah Lawrence College
Notable works	Fargo Legion
Spouse	Kyle Hawley
Children	2
Relatives	Louise Armstrong (mother) Tom Hawley (father) Alexi Hawley (brother)
Website
noahhawley.com

Noah Hawley (born c. 1967) is an American television writer and producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author, best known for creating and writing the FX television series Fargo (2014–present) and Legion (2017–present). Hawley earlier worked on the television series Bones (2005–2008), The Unusuals (2009) and My Generation (2010).

Early life

Hawley was born and raised in New York City, New York.^[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 is a writer for the television show The Following and the creator of State of Affairs.^[2][3]

Hawley graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in political science in 1989.^[4][5] He worked for Legal Aid Society in New York City, dealing with cases involving child abuse and neglect.^[5][6] He later moved to San Francisco and did computer programming work at law firms^[5] and worked as a paralegal.^[2]

Career

Books

He has published five novels: A Conspiracy of Tall Men (1998), Other People's Weddings (2004), The Punch (2008), The Good Father (2012), and Before the Fall (2016).^[7]

Television

Hawley was a writer and producer on the first three seasons of the television series Bones (2005–2008).^[8] He was also creator and 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. Season 3 of Fargo premiered on April 19, 2017.^[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] Hawley will also write and executive produce a limited series adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle for FX.^[13] He will executive produce, but not write for, two additional adaptations for FX: Hellhound On His Trail, based on the book of the same name, and The Hot Rock, also based on a book.^[11]

Film

Hawley wrote the original screenplay for the film The Alibi (2006).^[14]

In September 2014, it was announced that Hawley had signed a deal with Universal Pictures to script an untitled project for their upcoming Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe.^[15] Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Hawley's latest novel, Before the Fall, with him writing the screenplay.^[15]

Hawley will make his feature film directorial debut with Man Alive, from a sci-fi spec script by first-time screenwriter Joe Greenberg.^[16] He will also produce Pale Blue Dot, a sci-fi film with Reese Witherspoon as an astronaut for Fox Searchlight.^[17]

Personal life

Hawley resides in Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Kyle Hawley, and their two children.^[2]

Published works

• Hawley, Noah (1998). A Conspiracy of Tall Men. Harmony. ISBN 978-0609602805.
• Hawley, Noah (2004). Other People's Weddings. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312322731.
• Hawley, Noah (2008). The Punch: A Novel. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0811864299.
• Hawley, Noah (2012). The Good Father. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385535533.
• Hawley, Noah (2016). Before the Fall. Grand Central. ISBN 978-1455561780.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website
• Noah HawleyatIMDb