Biography
Jeff Baena was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born in Miami, Florida, on 29 June 1977 and died in Los Angeles on 3 January 2025.
After studying at New York University, Baena worked as a production assistant for Robert Zemeckis and later as an assistant editor for David O. Russell. The pair collaborated on the screenplay for I Heart Huckabees (2004). Baena made his directorial debut with Life After Beth (2014), which he also wrote. His other films as director and writer include Joshy (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Horse Girl (2020) and Spin Me Round (2022). He frequently collaborated with Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza, whom he married in 2021.
