Noah Baumbach said that Gefühlt Mitte Zwanzig (2014) & Mistress America (2015) are 'sort of siblings'.
For the scene where actresses Greta Gerwig & Lola Kirke are looking through a closet, director Noah Baumbach did 55 takes.
The Brooklyn-based band Dirty Projectors makes a cameo as the band Brooke sings with on Tracy and Brooke's first night out.
The two stars are Greta Gerwig & Lola Kirke. Kirke played a character named Greta in the thriller Gone Girl - Das perfekte Opfer (2014), while Gerwig played a character named Lola in the comedy Lola gegen den Rest der Welt (2012).
A poster for Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill (1980) is visible in Tony's room. After directing Mistress America (2015), Noah Baumbach went on to co-direct Brian De Palma (2015), a documentary about the filmmaker.