Jeff Baena, filmmaker and husband of actress Aubrey Plaza, died at the age of 47, TMZ reported.
Law enforcement responded to a call for a death investigation in Los Angeles around 10:30 a.m. Friday after an assistant found the “Life After Beth” director dead, TMZ reported. Baena was pronounced dead at the scene; officials told TMZ he died by suicide.
Baena received his film degree from New York University before moving to Los Angeles to launch his career. There, he worked alongside directors such as David O. Russell and Robert Zemeckis, the outlet reported. Baena directed several of his own movies, including the 2014 horror-comedy “Life After Beth,” which starred Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly and Aubrey Plaza, whom he would later marry.
The director also worked on films such as “Horse Girl” in 2020, “Spin Me Round” in 2022 and “The Little Hours” in 2017, which…
