Indie filmmaker Jeff Baena, husband of actor Aubrey Plaza, has died suddenly at the age of 47.
After breaking through by co-writing the quirky comedy I Heart Huckabees in 2004, Baena wrote and directed the films Life After Beth, Joshy, The Little Hours, Horse Girl and Spin Me Round as well as creating the anthology series Cinema Toast.
Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza at the premiere of The Little Hours In Los Angeles in 2017.Credit: AP
A graduate of New York University Film School, he was a production assistant for director Robert Zemeckis and then an assistant editor for David O. Russell, co-writing I Heart Huckabees with him.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Plaza, 40, and Baena celebrated 10 years together when they wed during the pandemic in 2020.
“We got a little bored one night. We got married and I’ll tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. That’s real, look it up,” she said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show the following year.
A celebrant married the couple in their backyard.
Kate Micucci (left), Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza in The Little Hours, a black comedy written and directed by Jeff Baena.Credit: AP
The couple worked together on five films, starting with The End of Love.
Plaza, who came to fame in Parks and Recreation, has also starred in Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Dirty Grandpa, The White Lotus and Megalopolis.
