Noah Buschel

Noah Buschel (born 1978) is an American film director and screenwriter.

Early life Buschel was born in Philadelphia and grew up in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Career Buschel's first film, Bringing Rain, premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. His second film, Neal Cassady, was distributed by IFC. His third, The Missing Person, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was distributed theatrically by Strand Releasing. It earned Buschel a 2009 Gotham Awards nomination for Breakthrough Director. He has collaborated with cinematographer Ryan Samul on four movies: The Missing Person, Sparrows Dance, Glass Chin and The Phenom. Matt Prigge of Metro New York wrote that, "Noah Buschel might be one of indies' most interesting filmmakers, all the more so because he doesn't belong to any easily promotable group or even genre."

Buschel was a contributing editor for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and ordained as a Zen priest by Enkyo Pat O'Hara. As an essayist for Filmmaker Magazine. His topics have included gun violence in films.

Filmography Year Title Credited as Notes 2003 Bringing Rain Writer, director Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2007 Neal Cassady Writer, director Distributed by IFC 2009 The Missing Person Writer, director Premiered at Sundance Film Festival and distributed by Strand Releasing 2013 Sparrows Dance Writer, director Won Best Narrative Feature at the 2012 Austin Film Festival 2014 Glass Chin Writer, director Distributed by Entertainment One 2015 The Phenom Writer, director Distributed by RLJ Entertainment 2020 The Man in the Woods Writer, director Starring Marin Ireland and William Jackson Harper