Jeff Baena, the indie author/director behind I Coronary heart Huckabees and Horse Lady, has handed away on the age of 47.
Jeff Baena, the author of I Coronary heart Huckabees and Life After Beth, in addition to the husband of actress Aubrey Plaza, has died on the age of 47.
Jeff Baena co-wrote I Coronary heart Huckabees with its director, David O. Russell, immediately marking him as a novel voice on the unbiased scene. However it might be a decade later that he received behind the digicam himself, directing Life After Beth in 2014. That film, which starred eventual spouse Aubrey Plaza, nabbed him a Grand Jury Prize nomination on the Sundance Movie Pageant, as did his subsequent characteristic, 2016’s Joshy (a film we fairly appreciated right here at JoBlo).
After working as a manufacturing assistant for Robert Zemeckis, Jeff Baena began to blossom by working for David O. Russell as an assistant editor, receiving a name from the director whereas he was truly watching Flirting with Catastrophe. He would work intently with Russell beneath such duties for some time till some phrases of encouragement – stemming from a watch harm he suffered in a automotive accident – pushed him to think about writing. On his friendship and collaboration, Baena stated, “He was super-generous, creatively. He allowed me to advocate for any ideas that were in conflict with his ideas. We were on the same wavelength, had the same style and interests…It allowed me to have the feeling that I deserved to be there, as opposed to just riding someone’s coattails.”
Jeff Baena would show he didn’t want the coattails, occurring to direct three extra options after Joshy: The Little Hours, Horse Lady and Spin Me Spherical, all starring Alison Brie. Baena would work on the small display as properly with anthology collection Cinema Toast, which gathered quite a lot of filmmakers who used public area footage as launching factors for their very own episodes. Baena directed the primary episode (utilizing footage from 1939’s Made for Every Different) whereas Plaza would make her directorial debut with the episode “Quiet Illness.”
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