Director Jeff Baena’s Cause of Death Revealed

More details about the death of director Jeff Baena, husband of actress Aubrey Plaza, have been revealed.

The 47-year-old, who was also a screenwriter, died by suicide, according to Los Angeles medical examiner records, viewed by E! News. Baena was found dead at a residence in the city Jan. 3.

Baena, a graduate of New York University’s film school, frequently collaborated with Plaza, who starred in his films Life After Beth—his 2014 directorial debut, plus Joshy, The Little Hours and Spin Me Round. Baena was also known for cowriting the 2004 comedy I Heart Huckabees with director David O. Russell.

Baena and Plaza, 40, met in 2011 and married in 2020, with the White Lotus actress confirming the following year, while they were working on the movie Spin Me Round, that they had tied the knot.

“So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena,” Plaza wrote on Instagram in May 2021, “for dreaming up another film that takes us to italia to cause some more trouble.”