Jeff Baena, screenwriter, director and husband of actress Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus), died on January 3 at the age of 47. An attendant reportedly discovered his body in a Los Angeles home and pronounced him dead at the age of 47. According to a report from the Los Angeles medical examiner, the cause of death was suicide. According to other main points of the report, Baena was discovered in his apartment after committing suicide by hanging.
Born in Miami on June 29, 1977, Jeff Baena started his career as a production assistant to director Robert Zemeckis, running on several of his films.
Baena then took a job as an assistant editor for writer-director David O. Russell, where the two began collaborating on scripts together. One of those scripts was I Heart Huckabees, which Russell directed in 2004. At the same time, Baena penned the zombie comedy Life After Beth, which marked his debut as a director.
Baena’s next film, The Little Hours, in 2017, stars Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon. Baena teamed with Alison Brie on Horse Girl, which premiered in 2020.
Baena also created an anthology series for Showtime Cinema Toast in 2021. And his now most recent film, Spin Me Round, premiered in 2022.
Debthrough Ryan, producer Dylan Sellers, director Jeff Baena and producer Chris Parker were all spotted at IFC FilmsArray. for IFC films)
Baena is survived by his wife Aubrey Plaza, his mother Barbara Stern and stepfather Roger Stern, his father Scott Baena and stepmother Michele Baena, his brother Brad Baena and his half-sister and half-brother Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
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