Noah Pritzker (born December 1986) is an American film director and screenwriter, and a member of the

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Biography

Pritzker grew up San Francisco's

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neighborhood. He is the son of billionaire

John Pritzker John A. Pritzker (born 1953) is an American billionaire and investor. He is a member of the Pritzker family, the grandson of A.N. Pritzker and son of Jay Pritzker. Early life and education Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mari ...

and philanthropist Lisa Stone Pritzker. Pritzker attended San Francisco Day School and graduated from

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in 2005. He then studied art history and literature at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. Pritzker's first film, '' Quitters'', was released in 2015. He cowrote it with Ben Tarnoff. The film was a 2015 nominee at the SXSW Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature. Pritzker wrote and directed the film '' Ex-Husbands'', which was released in 2023. He has said that the film was based in part on his experiences watching the dissolution of his own parents' marriage after 35 years. Pritzker lives in Manhattan's

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neighborhood.

References

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