Filmmaker Jeff Baena died by suicide contained in the Los Angeles house he shared together with his actress spouse Aubrey Plaza.
In an replace after his demise on Friday, the LA County Medical Examiner’s Workplace mentioned the 47-year-old died by hanging at their Los Feliz property.
His physique was found by an assistant within the house they bought in 2022 and officers responded to the house at 10:25 am, the Los Angeles Hearth Division instructed DailyMail.com.
‘Dying was decided for an roughly 47-year outdated male, no transport,’ they mentioned in a press release.
‘We responded to the 2100 block of Fern Dale Place for a demise investigation. Officers responded for a male decedent,’ the Los Angeles Police Division added. The Life After Beth director was pronounced useless on the scene.
Baena’s household instructed Deadline that they’re devastated by the information and are asking for privateness presently.
Baena bought into movie after he graduated from New York College with a movie diploma and moved to LA to launch his profession.
In an replace after his demise on Friday, the LA County Medical Examiner’s Workplace mentioned the 47-year-old died by hanging of their Los Feliz property
In an replace after his demise on Friday, the LA County Medical Examiner’s Workplace mentioned the 47-year-old, seen right here together with his spouse, died by hanging of their Los Feliz property
He labored low-level jobs for large administrators, together with Robert Zemeckis and David O. Russell as he discovered his footing within the business. He labored as a manufacturing assistant for Zemeckis and as an assistant editor for Russell.
He’s greatest recognized for steering Life After Beth, his directorial debut, which Plaza starred in, and The Little Hours.
Baena additionally co-wrote I Coronary heart Huckabees, which was nominated for a 2004 Gotham Award for Finest Characteristic.
He additionally wrote Life After Beth, which premiered at Sundance in 2014. His movie Joshy additionally premiered on the well-known pageant and was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize.
The Miami native additionally labored on Horse Woman and Spin Me Spherical.
For his tv works, he directed and government produced Showtime sequence Cinema Toast. He co-directed the product together with his spouse.
He additionally had beforehand spoken candidly about psychological well being forward of the discharge of his 2020 movie Horse Woman.
On a Reddit Ask Me Something discussion board he was requested if the movie’s lead Sarah, performed by Alison Brie, being launched from the psychological hospital and if the scene was primarily based on private experiences.
Baena bought into movie after he graduated from New York College with a movie diploma and moved to LA to launch his profession
In her remaining publish with Baena shared in Could 2021, the award-winning actress praised her ‘darling husband’
Baena brazenly admitted to watching his stepmom affected by bipolar dysfunction saying: ‘Sadly, folks get launched on a regular basis after they nonetheless want therapy,’ he wrote in February 2020.
‘The 72-hour necessary maintain solely applies to sufferers who’re a hazard to themselves, so that they have to be launched after that appraisal interval.
‘My first stepmom had manic melancholy and was out and in of amenities in Miami because of the Baker Act (5150 in California).
‘Whereas I’d not take into account “Horse Woman” to be an activist movie, the themes of how we as a society and people deal with individuals with psychological sickness was a significant focus and impetus for making this.’
Baena and Brie cowrote the movie collectively concerning the latter’s household historical past with psychological sickness, particularly the actress’ grandmother, who suffered from schizophrenia.
‘That was the unique impetus for writing a narrative like this,’ Brie, who’s married to actor Dave Franco, wrote on the discussion board.
The director and husband of Aubrey Plaza additionally mentioned his household historical past with psychological sickness had influenced the movie’s plot as effectively.
He secretly married The White Lotus star in 2020 virtually a decade after they met, holding their relationship largely out of the limelight.
Plaza has not publicly commented on the demise of her husband.
The actress’s remaining Instagram publish together with her husband revealed how ‘proud’ she was of him.
He secretly married The White Lotus star in 2020 virtually a decade after they met, holding their relationship largely out of the limelight
In her remaining publish with Baena shared in Could 2021, the award-winning actress praised her ‘darling husband’.
‘So happy with my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up one other movie that take us to Italia to trigger some extra hassle,’ she captioned the publish.
The heartbreaking final publish collectively featured the star couple lovingly gazing into one another’s eyes and was accompanied with screenshots of a Deadline article detailing their ‘new task’ – the 2022 movie Spin Me Spherical.
Baena is survived by his spouse, his mom Barbra Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, his stepmother Michele Baena, his brother Brad Baena, and his step siblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
