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Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach tie the knot

The couple has been together for over a decade, meeting on Baumbach’s 2010 directorial Greenberg.

Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach tie the knot

Director-writer couple Greta Gerwigand Noah Baumbach were married in New York at City Hall.

A representative for Gerwig confirmed the news to People magazine.


Gerwig, 40, and Baumbach, 54, most recently worked on the record-breaking Barbie, which they co-wrote and she directed.

The couple has been together for over a decade, meeting on Baumbach's 2010 directorial Greenberg before they officially started dating in 2011. They got engaged in 2020.

Earlier this year, Gerwig and Baumbach welcomed their second child, a baby boy. They became parents to their first child, Harold (four).

Baumbach also shares son Rohmer, 12, with his former wife "Greenberg" co-writer Jennifer Jason Leigh.

In addition to working on their own projects, the duo has frequently collaborated in a writing, directing, or acting capacity on films, including White Noise, Frances Ha, and Mistress America.

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