Noah Hawley, the Emmy-winning creator/executive producer of FX’s acclaimed anthology series Fargo and the network’s upcoming Alien: Earth, has signed with WME in all areas.
Hawley’s move to WME comes a couple of days after his longtime agent at CAA, John Campisi, left to join management company Untitled Entertainment as a partner, putting his top clients in play.
Through the five installments to date, Fargo, inspired by the Coen brothers movie, has garnered 70 Emmy nominations, winning seven times. Hawley serves as writer, director, showrunner as well as executive producer through his 26 Keys Production.
Coming up for Hawley is Alien: Earth, the high-profile FX series based on the classic film franchise, which prrmieres this summer. It stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Ryshdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.
Hawley also created and executive produced the FX series Legion. He made his feature film directorial debut with Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm. Next up, he is directing Nowhere Fast, a Texas crime thriller starring Chris Pine, which he also wrote.
As an 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.
