ABOUT ME
Hello! I’m Noah Belsky (if that isn’t clear yet). I am a New York City-based writer, director, and actor.
I am a freelance filmmaker with experienceBrown University majoring in Literary Arts with an honors thesis in creative writing! Film is my greatest passion and I am looking to get a foot in the door and work in a creative environment.
I enjoy creating stories across genres, finding joy in blending comedy with thriller, action, or drama. I am most interested in morality and the human condition, as I wrote in my short story collection titled “The Broken Compass.” I have stage and film experience at the collegiate level in directing, writing, and acting. I gained additional admiration for performance through my participation in my college acapella group!
Some Favorite Films
-The Conformist (Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
-Good Will Hunting (Dir. Gus Van Sant, 1997)
-Casino Royale (Dir. Martin Campbell, 2006)
-Relatos Salvajes (Dir. Damián Szifron, 2014)
-CODA (Dir. Siân Heder, 2021)
-Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Dir. Dean Fleischer Camp, 2021)
Reading List
-Hitchcock/Truffaut (François Truffaut, 1966)
-Adventures in the Screen Trade (William Goldman, 1983)
-Making Movies (Sidney Lumet, 1995)
-The French New Wave (Ed. Peter Graham, 2009 edition)
-Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective (Richard Schickel, 2012)
Current Work
I am in the process of writing a feature-length coming of age comedy about students participating in the National Model UN competition.
I am also adapting a short story I wrote for my honors thesis about a lawyer’s panicked drive down Manhattan to make it to family court on time, as well as another about a Jewish editor for a student university newspaper who has a crisis of self, and faith, when an anti-semitic incident occurs on campus.
I am working on two documentaries in collaboration with Jasper Soloff.
Finally, I am developing a short film about a post-grad’s fight against depression and suicide as they face a world they no longer feel they fit into. I am hoping to begin principal photography in December.
I am also always looking for freelance PA work since I find no better education than being on set and learning about production through doing.