Tragic information. Jeff Baena has died. The screenwriter and movie director is finest recognized for Life After Beth (2014), Joshy (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Horse Girl (2020), Spin Me Round (2022), and for co-writing I Heart Huckabees (2004). He can be the husband of actress and producer Aubrey Plaza, they usually have been married since 2021.
Circumstances of his passing are unclear at this second, and we’ll replace the submit as extra is available in. After graduating NYU Film School, Baena moved to Los Angeles to begin constructing his profession. He turned a manufacturing assistant for Robert Zemeckis, engaged on a lot of movies, adopted by a job as an assistant editor for writer-director David O. Russell.Â
Baena maybe is thought for co-writing I Heart Huckabees which was nominated for the 2004 Gotham Award for Best Feature. In 2014, he made his directorial debut with Life After Beth which he additionally wrote. The movie premiered on the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, the place it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize after which launched by A24. Next, he wrote and directed Joshy which premiered on the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was additionally nominated for the Grand Jury Prize following a launch by Lionsgate. Baena wrote and directed The Little Hours which was nominated for the Audience Award on the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival and was additionally launched in theaters. In 2020, Baena co-wrote, directed, and produced Horse Girl which premiered on the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was launched on Netflix shortly after. He additionally wrote, directed, and produced Spin Me Round which premiered on the 2022 South by Southwest Film Festival, which was launched by IFC Films.
On tv, Baena created, wrote, directed and govt produced the Showtime sequence, Cinema Toast.
Baena is survived by spouse Aubrey Plaza, mother Barbara Stern and stepfather Roger Stern, dad Scott Baena and stepmother Michele Baena, brother Brad Baena and stepsister and stepbrother Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
The household is devastated and asks for privateness at this tough time.