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US filmmaker Jeff Baena dies at the age of 47
US director Jeff Baena brought his wife Aubrey Plaza in front of the camera several times for independent films. He also made a name for himself as a screenwriter. Baena has now died at the age of 47.
The American director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, husband of US actress Aubrey Plaza, is dead. A spokesman for the filmmaker and the Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed his death, according to US media. At the dpa’s request, a spokeswoman for Plaza referred to a corresponding report from the film portal “Deadline.com”.
According to the coroner’s office, Baena was found dead in a house on Friday. Nothing was initially known about the cause of death. He was 47 years old.
Plaza (40, “Parks and Recreation”, “The White Lotus”) and Baena married in 2021 after ten years of dating. Plaza appeared in Baena’s films “Life After Beth” (2014), “The Little Hours” (2017) and “Spin Me Round” (2022), among others.
Baena was also known in the independent scene as a screenwriter. Together with director David O. Russell (“Silver Linings”, “American Hustle”) he wrote the script for the biting comedy “I Heart Huckabees” (2004) about the search for meaning and life crises, which starred Dustin Hoffman, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert and Lily Tomlin was made into a film.
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Source: Stern
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