A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes. Marriage Story is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, who also produced the film with David Heyman. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach directs this incisive and compassionate look at a marriage coming apart and a family staying together.An incisive and compassionate portrait of a marriage breaking up and a family staying together