Director Noah Baumbach discusses Marriage Story

November 10, 2019

DGA Q&As in Los Angeles and New York

A marriage disintegrates as a family tries to stay together in Director Noah Baumbach’s new romantic comedy-drama, Marriage Story.

Baumbach’s film tells the story of a stage director (Adam Driver) and his actor wife (Scarlett Johansson) as they struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.

Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on November 3, Noah Baumbach sat down with Director Peter Bogdanovich (She's Funny That Way) to discuss the making of Marriage Story. He also spoke about the film in a conversation moderated by Director Ben Stiller (Zoolander 2) after the DGA membership screening in New York on November 9.

In addition to Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach’s credits include the feature films The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Mistress America, While We're Young, Frances Ha, Margot at the Wedding, The Squid and the Whale and Kicking and Screaming. Baumbach has been a DGA member since 2004.

You can listen to Baumbach’s Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find more DGA podcast episodes here.

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Event photos by Elisa Haber (Los Angeles) and Marcie Revens (New York) - Print courtesy of Netflix

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Director Noah Baumbach speaks about the making of his new romantic comedy-drama, Marriage Story, following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Scarlett Johansson, Azhy Robertson and Adam Driver in an image from Director Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story.

Director Noah Baumbach speaks about the making of his new romantic comedy-drama, Marriage Story, following the DGA membership screening in New York.

Directors Noah Baumbach (right) and Ben Stiller (moderator) discuss the making of Baumbach’s new romantic comedy-drama, Marriage Story, following the DGA membership screening in New York.

Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in an image from Director Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story.

Directors Noah Baumbach (right) and Peter Bogdanovich (moderator) discuss the making of Baumbach’s new romantic comedy-drama, Marriage Story, following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Director Peter Bogdanovich (moderator) asks Director Noah Baumbach a question about the making of Marriage Story.

Adam Driver, Azhy Robertson and Scarlett Johansson in an image from Director Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story.

Director Ben Stiller (moderator) asks Director Noah Baumbach a question about the making of Marriage Story.

Directors Peter Bogdanovich (moderator) and Noah Baumbach pose for a photo following the Los Angeles Q&A about Baumbach’s new romantic comedy-drama, Marriage Story.

Laura Dern and Scarlett Johansson in an image from Director Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story.

Directors Ben Stiller (moderator) and Noah Baumbach pose for a photo following the New York Q&A about Baumbach’s new romantic comedy-drama, Marriage Story.

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