Aubrey Plaza’s husband Jeff Baena found dead aged 47 at Los Angeles home
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The filmmaker husband of actress Aubrey Plaza has been found dead at his Los Angeles home, according to reports. An assistant discovered Jeff Baena, 47, at around 10.30am on Friday, law enforcement sources told TMZ. Family of The Life After Beth and The Little Hours director told Deadline that they are devastated by the news and are asking for privacy.
Baena and producer Aubrey Plaza, 40, who stared in The White Lotus, have been married since 2021. Circumstances of his death remain unclear at this moment. After graduating NYU Film School, Baena moved to Los Angeles to start building his career. He became a production assistant for Robert Zemeckis, working on a number of films, followed by a job as an assistant editor for writer-director David O. Russell.
Baena also co-wrote I Heart Huckabees, which was nominated for a 2004 Gotham Aware for best feature. He also wrote Life After Beth, which premiered at Sundance in 2014. His film Joshy also premiered at the famous festival and was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize.
