Filmmaker jeff brothers — best known for directing films such as “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours,” and husband of Aubrey SquareHe’s dead… TMZ has found out.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … police and firefighters responded to a Los Angeles-area home on Friday around 10:30 a.m. for a death investigation … after an attendant discovered him dead.
Baena was pronounced dead at the scene…authorities say he committed suicide.
After earning his film degree from New York University, Jeff moved to Los Angeles to launch his film career, initially landing lower-level jobs with famous directors such as Robert Zemeckis and David O. Russell.
It was his work with Russell that put him on the map… the two collaborated on four screenplays, including “I Coronary heart Huckabees,” starring David Hoffmann and tomlin lily.
Around this time, Baena began focusing on directing his own films, including his first feature, the 2014 horror comedy “Life After Beth,” starring John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon and Aubrey Plaza.
Baena also directed the 2016 film “Joshy” and 2017’s “The Little Hours,” as well as 2020’s “Horse Lady.”
In 2021, Aubrey revealed that she and Jeff had married in an Instagram post after about a decade of dating; As you know, her career began when she starred in the show “Parks and Rec” in 2009… and has since appeared in projects like “Emily The Felony” and “The White Lotus.”
