Tragic information. Jeff Baena has died. The screenwriter and movie director is greatest recognized for Life After Beth (2014), Joshy (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Horse Lady (2020), Spin Me Spherical (2022), and for co-writing I Coronary heart Huckabees (2004). He’s additionally 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 are going to replace the publish as extra is available in. After graduating NYU Movie College, Baena moved to Los Angeles to start out constructing his profession. He grew to become a manufacturing assistant for Robert Zemeckis, engaged on numerous movies, adopted by a job as an assistant editor for writer-director David O. Russell.
Baena maybe is understood for co-writing I Coronary heart Huckabees which was nominated for the 2004 Gotham Award for Greatest Function. In 2014, he made his directorial debut with Life After Beth which he additionally wrote. The movie premiered on the 2014 Sundance Movie Pageant, the place it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize after which launched by A24. Subsequent, he wrote and directed Joshy which premiered on the 2016 Sundance Movie Pageant 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 Viewers Award on the 2017 Edinburgh Worldwide Movie Pageant and was additionally launched in theaters. In 2020, Baena co-wrote, directed, and produced Horse Lady which premiered on the 2020 Sundance Movie Pageant and was launched on Netflix shortly after. He additionally wrote, directed, and produced Spin Me Spherical which premiered on the 2022 South by Southwest Movie Pageant, which was launched by IFC Movies.
On tv, Baena created, wrote, directed and govt produced the Showtime collection, 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.
