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Noah Hawley (born 1967) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, author, and singer. He is best known for creating and writing the FX series Fargo (2014–2024) and Legion (2017–2019). He also worked on the series Bones (2005–2008), The Unusuals (2009), and My Generation (2010).
Hawley wrote the film The Alibi (2006) and wrote and directed the film Lucy in the Sky (2019). He has also written six novels and is a singer, having contributed to the soundtracks of Fargo and Legion by singing covers of popular music produced by composer Jeff Russo, a frequent collaborator on Hawley's projects. He is the writer and director of the upcoming FX series , which is based on the film franchise and is set to premiere on August 12, 2025.
In 1989, Hawley graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in political science.
Hawley is the creator, primary writer, and executive producer of the FX anthology series Fargo (2014present), based on the Coen brothers' 1996 film of the same name. In 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.
In December 2015, Hawley extended his production deal with FX. He wrote and served as executive producer for Legion (2017–2019), a series based on the Marvel comic book character.
Hawley is the creator of , a TV series based on the film franchise, which he will be a writer, director, and producer. It is set to premiere on FX on August 12, 2025.
In September 2014, Hawley signed a deal with Universal Pictures to script an untitled project for their then-upcoming Dark Universe. Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Hawley's novel, Before the Fall, with him writing the screenplay. In 2016, his 26 Keys production company signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to do films.
On July 20, 2017, Hawley announced at Comic Con that he was writing and directing a Doctor Doom movie with 20th Century Fox. However, the project was shelved following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
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.
In November 2019, it was announced that Hawley would be writing and directing the fourth installment in the rebooted Star Trek franchise. He finished the script in September 2020. It would feature a new crew, although set in the same universe. In late November 2020, the project was cancelled.
| 2006 | The Alibi | |||
| 2019 | Lucy in the Sky | |||
| 2005–2008 | Bones | Writer (6 episodes) Also co-producer (14 episodes) | ||||
| 2009 | The Unusuals | 3 episodes Also composer | ||||
| 2010 | My Generation | 2 episodes | ||||
| 2014–2024 | Fargo | Director (6 episodes) Writer (48 episodes) | ||||
| 2017–2019 | Legion | Director (3 episodes) Writer (19 episodes) | ||||
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