Jeff Baena, director of Life After Beth and husband of Aubrey Plaza, has died at the age of 47

American director and screenwriter Jeff Baena was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, January 3. According to the forensic doctor, who intervened and whose conclusions are being published peopleBaena killed himself. He was 47 years old.

4 movies with his wife Aubrey Plaza

Married to actress Aubrey Plaza, who directed her first film, Life After Beth, in 2014, followed by The Bachelor Party (2016), The Good Sisters (2017) and Spin Me Round (2022), she has written five films. Feature films, all made with independent funds.

Two of them were co-written with actress Alison Bryce (who plays Annie on Community): the thriller Horse Girl, released on Netflix in 2020, and the black comedy Spin Me Round, released straight to VOD in France but in theaters. United States.

Zemeckis’ assistant

Before turning to directing, Baena began assisting Robert Zemeckis on Seul au monde and Appearances in 2000. He also wrote J’adore Huckabees for David O. With Russell in 2004.

In 2021, Baena created a real sensation with the anthology series Cinema Toast, whose episodes were directed by Jay Duplass himself, David Lower, Alex Ross Perry and Aubrey Plaza. The idea was to reassemble and re-extract music from films that were in the public domain and double them up with contemporary actors to tell a new story. Alison Brie, Eric Stoltz, Christina Ricci, Jake Johnson, Dan Stevens, Gillian Jacobs, Christopher Maloney, Nick Offerman and Hamish Linklater participated in the game.

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