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I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Manhattan
Fantasy
Live
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