LOS ANGELES — Writer, producer and director Jeff Baena, known for comedies like “The Little Hours,” “Life After Beth” and “Joshy” has died, according to reports. He was 47.
He died Friday in his Los Angeles home, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. A cause of death was not immediately released.
TMZ was the first to break the news.
Baena was married to actress and producer Aubrey Plaza since 2021. They worked on multiple projects together, including “The Little Hours,” a 2017 R-rated comedy set in the Middle Ages, and “Life After Beth,” an R-rated comedy about zombies.
She has not made any public statements since reports were published, but Deadline reports the family is “devastated and asks for privacy at this difficult time.”
Plaza and Baena were together for 12 years.
He was born in Florida, studied in New York and eventually moved to California where he worked with Forrest Gump, The Polar Express and Who Framed Roger Rabbit director Robert Zemeckis.
Baena’s films were shown at Sundance and the Edinburgh International Film Festival before being released by distributors like Netflix, IFC, and Lionsgate, according to Variety.
He was nominated for nine awards at these indie screenings, according to IMDb.
