Noah Hawley On A Freelance Career Writing Television

From Fargo To Legion And Back Again

♦The third series of Fargo has just ended and its showrunner, Noah Hawley, who also produces FX’s Legion, spoke to the Hollywood Reporter about a freelance career in television, so we just had to share this with everyone…

Here’s wikipedia’s bio of Hawley: Noah Hawley (born c. 1967) is an American television writer and producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author, best known for creating and writing the FX television series Fargo (2014–present) and Legion (2017–present). Hawley earlier worked on the television series Bones (2005–2008), The Unusuals (2009) and My Generation (2010).

Hawley was a writer and producer on the first three seasons of the television series Bones (2005–2008). He was also creator and executive producer of The Unusuals (2009) and My Generation (2010).

Hawley is the creator, primary writer and executive producer of the FX anthology television series Fargo (2014), based on the Coen brothers’ 1996 film of the same name. On 25 August 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 of them. Season 3 of Fargo premiered on 19 April 2017.

In December 2015, Hawley extended his production deal with FX. He wrote and served as executive producer for Legion, an FX television series based on the Marvel comic book character. Hawley will also write and executive produce a limited series adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle for FX. He will executive produce, but not write for, two additional adaptations for FX: Hellhound On His Trail, based on the book of the same name, and The Hot Rock, also based on a book.

Hollywood Reporter On Noah Hawley