Jeff Baena has died aged 47.
The author and director – who was married to film star Aubrey Plaza – was discovered lifeless at his dwelling in Los Angeles on Friday morning (03.01.25).
Baena’s physique was found by an assistant and he was later pronounced lifeless on the scene, based on TMZ.
Police officers have confirmed to the information outlet that Baena died by suicide.
Baena was born and raised in Miami, earlier than he studied at New York College Movie College.
He subsequently moved to Los Angeles and bought his first large break working alongside filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. Baena served as a manufacturing assistant for the ‘Again to the Future’ director, working with him on quite a lot of movie initiatives.
Baena additionally bought the chance to work with David O. Russell, the award-winning director, and the duo finally collaborating on 4 scripts collectively.
Considered one of their scripts included ‘I Coronary heart Huckabees’, the 2004 black comedy movie that starred the likes of Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Huppert and Jude Regulation.
Baena made his directorial debut in 2014, when he helmed ‘Life After Beth’. The filmmaker spent a number of years attempting to get the zombie comedy movie off the bottom, and it was Aubrey Plaza – Baena’s future spouse – who finally helped to get it made.
The 40-year-old actress – who married Baena in 2020 – expressed an curiosity in enjoying the movie’s lead function, and her involvement with the undertaking proved to be essential.
The couple additionally labored collectively on the 2021 drama sequence ‘Cinema Toast’, which marked Aubrey’s directorial debut and featured Christina Ricci and Alison Brie.
Baena and the actress started courting in 2011, however they all the time made a concerted effort to maintain their relationship personal. Nevertheless, Aubrey introduced their marriage to the world through an Instagram put up in 2021, when she referred to Baena as her “darling husband”.
She wrote on the time: “So pleased with my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up one other movie that takes us to italia to trigger some extra hassle (sic)”
