About me
Award-winning Noah Hawley is one of the most accomplished auteurs and versatile storytellers working in television, film and literature. Hawley balances the art of telling cinematic, unforgettable character-driven stories that linger long after you’ve been immersed in them.
Over the course of his more than 20-year career, Hawley’s work as a novelist, screenwriter, series creator, showrunner and director has garnered acclaim – winning an Emmy®, Writers Guild, PEN, Critics’ Choice, and Peabody Awards – and passionate response from audiences.
As a best-selling author, Hawley has published six novels: A Conspiracy of Tall Men, Other People’s Weddings, The Punch, The Good Father, Before the Fall and Anthem, which garnered acclaim as one of the most ambitious novels of 2022. In addition, Fargo: This Is A True Story, a companion book to the first three seasons of the series and authored by Hawley, was released by Grand Central Publishing.
Most recently from Hawley is the fifth chapter of FARGO, in which he serves as executive producer, writer, showrunner as well as directs the first and second episodes. Set in the year 2019, this chapter asks the questions “When is a kidnapping not a kidnapping, and what if your wife isn’t yours?” Jon Hamm plays Roy with Juno Temple as Dot and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lorraine.
Also upcoming from Hawley is ALIEN, the highly-anticipated original FX television series based on the franchise. When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diem Camille and Moe Bar-El.
Additional projects from Hawley include his feature film directorial debut, LUCY IN THE SKY, which starred Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Dan Stevens, Zazie Beetz, Pearl Amanda Dickson, Tig Notaro and Ellen Burstyn. In Lucy in the Sky, Portman plays Lucy Cola, a strong woman whose determination and drive as an astronaut take her to space, where she’s deeply moved by the transcendent experience of seeing her life from afar. Back home as Lucy’s world suddenly feels too small, her connection with reality slowly unravels. It was released by Fox Searchlight.
Hawley serves as executive producer, writer, director and showrunner on FX’s award-winning anthology series, FARGO. Since the series debuted in 2014, the casts have included Chris Rock, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Patrick Wilson, Jean Smart, Kirsten Dunst, Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman. The first four seasons of the hit series have been nominated for 55 Primetime Emmy Awards and won six. Both acclaimed series are produced under Hawley’s 26 Keys Production banner. Additionally with FX, Noah created three seasons of the groundbreaking series LEGION.
Hawley began his television career as a writer and producer on the hit series Bones in 2005, going on to create, executive produce and serve as showrunner for ABC’s My Generation (2009) and The Unusuals (2010).