Alien: Earth

Award-winning Noah Hawley is one of the most accomplished auteurs and versatile storytellers working in television, film and literature today. 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.Recently from Hawley and his 26 Keys production banner was the fifth chapter of his quintessential FX anthology series&nbsp;Fargo, for which he serves as executive producer, writer and director. The five installments of the hit series have been nominated for 70 Primetime Emmy Awards and won seven. Since the series debuted in 2014, the casts have included Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jean Smart, Kirsten Dunst, Billy Bob Thornton, Chris Rock, Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Patrick Wilson and Martin Freeman. Hawley is also the visionary behind FX’s groundbreaking series Legion.As a best-selling author, Hawley has published six novels:&nbsp;A Conspiracy of Tall Men, Other People’s Weddings, The Punch, The Good Father, Before the Fall&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anthem, which garnered acclaim as one of the most ambitious novels of 2022. In addition,&nbsp;Fargo: This Is A True Story, a companion book to the first three installments of the series and authored by Hawley, was released by Grand Central Publishing.Additional recent projects from Hawley include his feature film directorial debut&nbsp;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 Searchlight Pictures.Legion, Fargo and Alien: Earth are produced under Hawley’s Austin-based 26 Keys Productions banner, which opened their HQ offices in downtown Austin, Texas in 2024.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&nbsp;My Generation&nbsp;(2009) and&nbsp;The Unusuals&nbsp;(2010).

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Award-winning Noah Hawley is one of the most accomplished auteurs and versatile storytellers working in television, film and literature today. 

Noah Hawley | Executive Producer | FX’s Alien: Earth

Alien: Earth

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