The actress Aubrey Plaza’s filmmaker husband Jeff Baena has been found dead at the age of 47 in his Los Angeles home.
Baena was found dead by an assistant on Friday in his LA home around 10:30am, law enforcement sources told TMZ.
The Life After Beth director was pronounced dead at the scene.
The family told Deadline that they are devastated by the news and are asking for privacy at this time.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Banea and Plaza’s representatives and to the police for comment.
Baena got into film after he graduated from New York University with a film degree and moved to LA to launch his career.
He worked low-level jobs for big directors, including Robert Zemeckis and David O. Russell as he found his footing in the industry. He worked as a production assistant for Zemeckis and as an assistant editor for Russell.
He is best known for directing Life After Beth, his directorial debut and one Plaza starred in, and The Little Hours.
Actress Aubrey Plaza’s filmmaker husband Jeff Baena was found dead at the age of 47 in his Los Angeles home, according to reports
Baena was found dead by an assistant on Friday in his LA home around 10:30am
He married Plaza in May 2021. The pair had secretly wed. The pair met in 2011 and kept their relationship largely out of the limelight
He 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.
The Miami native also worked on Horse Girl and Spin Me Round.
For his television works, he directed and executive produced Showtime series Cinema Toast. He co-directed the product with his wife.
He married The White Lotus star in May 2021. The pair had secretly wed.
The pair met in 2011 and kept their relationship largely out of the limelight. Their fans only discovered the pair had wed after she sneakily referred to him as her ‘darling husband’ in an Instagram post.
Plaza has not publicly commented on the death of her husband.
He is survived by his wife, his mother Barbra Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, his stepmother Michele Banea, his brother Brad Banea, and his step siblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
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