Noah Hawley is an American filmmaker, director, writer, producer, author, and actor. He started his career as a paralegal, computer programmer, and later a social worker before following his mother's footsteps into being a novelist.
He began his career as a writer and eventually producer with most of his work under The Walt Disney Company's subsidiaries at Fox, FX, and Searchlight Pictures. He directed, wrote, and produced Lucy in the Sky, and got his start as a writer on the series Bones. For ABC, he worked on The Unusuals and My Generation. His biggest successes were working on the FX TV shows Fargo, Legion, and Alien: Earth. The latter series, he also cameos as Joe and Marcy's father.
Outside of Disney/Fox, he wrote the screenplay for the feature film The Alibi.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Studio/Network | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2008 | Bones | Fox | Writer, co-producer |
| 2009 | The Unusuals | ABC | Creator, writer, executive producer, composer |
| 2010 | My Generation | Writer, co-producer, developer | |
| 2014-2024 | Fargo | FX | Creator, director, writer, executive producer |
| 2017-2019 | Legion | ||
| 2019 | Lucy in the Sky | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Director, writer, producer |
| 2025-present | Alien: Earth | FX on Hulu | Creator, director, writer, executive producer, actor |
Role[]
(Alien: Earth)
Trivia[]
- Most of his works revolve around characters struggling with mental health and abuse. This is mainly due to Hawley's experience working at the Legal Aid Society where most of his cases revolved around child abuse and neglect.
- Hawley regretted making Lucy in the Sky, as it was meant to be a Reese Witherspoon black comedy film, and he opted to instead change it into something with his sensibilities.
- Hawley was supposed to do a feature film centered on the character Doctor Doom. Unfortunately, the announcement was made close to Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox and all its subsidiaries and not much progress was made. While Hawley did speak to Kevin Feige about exploring the concept anyway, no further movement was made on the project.
External links[]
Noah Hawley on Wikipedia
Noah Hawley on IMDb
