Filmmaker Jeff Baena — greatest identified for steering movies like “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours,” and the husband of Aubrey Plaza, has died … TMZ has realized.
Legislation enforcement sources inform TMZ … police and hearth responded to a Los Angeles-area dwelling Friday round 10:30 AM for a dying investigation … after an assistant found him useless.
Baena was pronounced useless on the scene … regulation enforcement says he died by suicide.
After getting his movie diploma at New York College, Jeff moved to LA to launch his film profession, initially touchdown lower-level jobs with well-known administrators resembling Robert Zemeckis and David O. Russell.
It was his work with Russell that put him on the map … the 2 collaborated on 4 screenplays — together with “I Heart Huckabees,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin.
Round this time, Baena started specializing in directing his personal films, resembling his first characteristic, the 2014 horror-comedy, “Life After Beth,” starring John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon and Aubrey Plaza.
Baena additionally directed the 2016 flick, “Joshy,” and 2017’s “The Little Hours,” in addition to 2020’s “Horse Girl.”
In 2021, Aubrey revealed she and Jeff had tied the knot in an Instagram submit after a couple of decade of relationship — as you realize, her profession kicked off when she starred within the present “Parks and Rec” in 2009 … and has gone on to seem in initiatives like “Emily The Criminal” and “The White Lotus.”
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We have reached out to Aubrey’s reps … thus far, no phrase again.
Baena was 47.
RIP
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