Trivia

According to himself, he tends to return again and again to making movies about people who have an image of themselves they can't live up to.

Is a close friend and collaborator of Wes Anderson.

When directing on set, prefers saying 'Begin' or 'When you're ready', instead of 'Action!'.

Has a son, Rohmer Emmanuel Baumbach (born March 17, 2010), with his ex-wife Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Had his script for The Squid and the Whale (2005) hand-delivered to Laura Linney by his friend Eric Stoltz during the filming of The House of Mirth (2000) in 2000. Linney agreed to do the film immediately, but it took four years to raise the financing.

His mother is Village Voice critic Georgia Brown. His father Jonathan Baumbach is a novelist and film critic.

Has been in a long-term relationship with Greta Gerwig since 2011.

Baumbach and his long-time partner Greta Gerwig made motion-picture history in 2020 after each directed an Oscar-nominated Best Picture- apparently the first time a romantically-linked couple ever hit such a high mark in the same year. And though each of their films, Marriage Story (2019) and Little Women (2019) garnered six (6) Oscar nominations--a total of 12--neither of them received a nomination as Best Director from Academy voters.

Writes a series of short stories for the New Yorker magazine.

Although Baumbach directed three (3) actors in Oscar-nominated performances in one film Marriage Story (2019)--Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Laura Dern--he himself was not nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Dern won for her performance in Marriage Story (2019).

Had lived with ex-wife Jennifer Jason Leigh for four years prior to their marriage.

Lives in an apartment on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Graduate of Vassar College

Briefly worked as a messenger at Manhattan's revered The New Yorker magazine.

Is known for his meticulous precision, doing 55 takes with Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke searching through a closet during filming of 'Untitled Public School Project'.

Born and raised in New York.

Has been in a relationship with Greta Gerwig since 2011. On March 19, 2019, it was announced they had welcomed a son.

Older brother of Nico Baumbach.

Named one of Fade In magazine's 2005 list of 100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know.

Ex-son-in-law of Barbara Turner and the late Vic Morrow.

Welcomed a 2nd child with his long-time partner Greta Gerwig, in 2023.

Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.

Grandson of painter Harold Baumbach & Ida Baumbach.

Ex-brother-in-law of Carrie Ann Morrow. Stepbrother-in-law of Mina Badie.