Film director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, husband of Aubrey Plaza, dead at 47 : NPR

Jeff Baena, the 47-year-old movie director, screenwriter and husband of actress and producer Aubrey Plaza, was discovered lifeless at a Los Angeles residence on Friday, the Los Angeles Hearth Division confirmed.

The loss of life is presently beneath investigation by the Los Angeles Police Division.

Baena’s household has not confirmed the filmmaker’s loss of life. However a medical examiner’s death certificate lists a person with Baena’s title and date of beginning dying at a residence in Hollywood.

In response to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County health worker’s workplace, the trigger and method of loss of life have but to be decided.

Baena is greatest recognized for guiding indie movies together with The Little Hours and for co-writing I Coronary heart Huckabees with David O. Russell.

He regularly collaborated with actress and producer Aubrey Plaza. The couple began courting in 2011 and bought married in 2021.

Plaza had not publicly commented in regards to the loss of life on the time of publication.

Baena was born in Miami in 1977. He graduated from New York College and labored for filmmakers Robert Zemeckis and David O. Russell.

NPR reached out to Baena’s agent, lawyer and supervisor for affirmation of the loss of life and remark, in addition to varied shut associates, together with actress Alison Brie and filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass. Nobody had responded or posted on social media on the time of publication.

Of their collaboration on the 2020 comedy thriller Horse Lady, Brie instructed Paste Magazine about occurring hikes and double dates with the filmmaker. “We might discuss each kind of factor, and he’d convey up sure kinds of characters that I ought to play,” she mentioned. “Jeff and I [are] very shut pals.”