"Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s."
Jeff Daniels
as Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney
as Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg
as Walt Berkman
Owen Kline
as Frank Berkman
William Baldwin
as Ivan
Halley Feiffer
as Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin
as Lili
David Benger
as Carl
Molly Barton
as Graduate Student
Bo Berkman
Matthew Kaplan
Simon Kaplan
Matthew Kirsch
Daniella Markowicz
Elizabeth Meriwether
Ben Schrank
Amy Srebnick
Josh Srebnick
Emma Straub
Alan Wilkis
James Hamilton
as Man with Joan
Adam Rose
as Otto
Henry Glovinsky
as Lance
Eli Gelb
as Jeffrey
Wayne Lawson
as Talent Show Judge
Michael Santiago
Juan Torriente
Patricia Towers
Peggy Gormley
as Mrs. Greenberg
Peter Newman
as Mr. Greenberg
Greta Kline
as Greta Greenberg
Melissa Meyer
as Professor
Benjamin Smolen
as Student with Puppets
Michael Countryman
as Mr. Simic
Alexandra Daddario
as Pretty Girl
Nico Baumbach
as Jeb Gelber
Maryann Plunkett
as Ms. Lemon
Hector Otero
as Hector
Ken Leung
as School Therapist
Jo Yang
as Nurse
Jonathan Baumbach
as Man Outside Ms. Lemon's Office (uncredited)
Andrew Kaempfer
as Valet (uncredited)
Britta Phillips
as Talent Show Audience Member (uncredited)
Bobby Shue
as Student (uncredited)
Dean Wareham
Robert D. Yeoman
Director of Photography
Tim Streeto
Editor
Reverge Anselmo
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Clara Markowicz
Producer
Miranda Bailey
Andrew Lauren
Charlie Corwin
Noah Baumbach
Director
Stephanie Holbrook
Casting Associate
Massoumeh Emami
Script Supervisor
Steve Kornacki
Production Coordinator
Jennifer Roth
Co-Producer
Jennifer Dehghan
Art Direction
Randall Poster
Music Supervisor
Lisa Marzolf
Costume Supervisor
Still Photographer
Douglas Aibel
Casting
Anne Ross
Production Design
Perri B. Frank
Assistant Editor
Douglas W. Shannon
Gaffer
Nils Benson
Camera Operator
Amy Westcott
Costume Design
Robert Covelman
Set Decoration
Wes Anderson
Greg Johnson
Karen Malecki
Assistant Costume Designer
Mei Lai Hippisley Coxe
Set Costumer
Storn Peterson
First Assistant Camera
Writer
Alison Barton
Best Boy Grip
Irapaul Turner
Grip
Scott Maher
Electrician
Gay E. Riedel
Lisa Marie Gleeson
Alfredo Viteri
Boom Operator
Bobby Andres
Scott Kincaid
Dave Rudolph
Todd Judson
Assistant Production Coordinator
Daniel Antonio Srebnick
Additional Music
Hans Graffunder
Unit Production Manager
Susan Tatom
Leadman
Mark Filip
Sound Effects Editor
Ulysses Terrero
Extras Casting
Noëlle Penraat
Negative Cutter
Simeon Moore
Keith Kalohelani
Nancy Griffith
First Assistant Property Master
Leanne Shapton
Title Designer
Dave Pultz
Color Timer
Jay Peck
Foley Artist
Shaun Brennan
Diego Garrido
Scoring Mixer
George Elias
Damian Volpe
ADR Recordist
John Schwartz
Best Boy Electric
Lewis Goldstein
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rachel Chancey
Foley Editor
Doug Kofsky
Second Assistant Camera
Eric Yellin
Second Assistant Director
Maya Hardinge
Key Makeup Artist
Robert M. Andres
Key Grip
Foley Recordist
Chris Hayes
Bernard James
Beth O'Brien
Julia Shirar
Dialogue Editor
Lori Guidroz
Key Hair Stylist
Allan Byer
Sound Mixer
Joe Hobeck
Post Production Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor
Steve Speers
Evelina Andres
Chris Kenneally
Jim Dunbar
Music Coordinator
Michael Fucci
Location Manager
Keith Krinsky
Assistant Location Manager
David 'Wex' Wechsler
First Assistant Director
Jeff Butcher
Property Master