Jeff Baena

Jeff Baena

1977-06-29 Miami, Florida, USA 12 Credits

Biography

Jeff Baena (June 29, 1977 – January 3, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director known for Life After Beth (2014), Joshy (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Horse Girl (2020), Spin Me Round (2022), and for co-writing I Heart Huckabees (2004). He was known for his frequent collaborations with actresses Alison Brie and his wife Aubrey Plaza. After graduating NYU Film School, Baena moved to Los Angeles to start building his career. He became a production assistant for Robert Zemeckis, work...

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Pavements

Pavements

2025

Thanks

7.2

Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of...

Spin Me Round

Spin Me Round

2022

Writer, Director, Producer

5.0
Writing Directing Producing

When the manager of an Italian restaurant chain wins the opportunity to attend the franchise’s educational immersion program in Italy, what she though...

Emily the Criminal

Emily the Criminal

2022

Thanks

6.7

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the q...

Horse Girl

Horse Girl

2020

Director, Writer, Producer

5.7
Directing Writing Producing

A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into ...

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline's Madeline

2018

Thanks

5.8

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her...

Duck Butter

Duck Butter

2018

Thanks

5.4

Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast ...

The Little Hours

The Little Hours

2017

Director, Screenplay

5.9
Directing Writing

Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister A...

Joshy

Joshy

2016

Writer, Director

5.7
Writing Directing

After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to...

Digging for Fire

Digging for Fire

2015

as BB Gun Friend

5.1
Acting

Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

Life After Beth

Life After Beth

2014

Director, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole wor...

The End of Love

The End of Love

2013

as Jeff Baena

6.2
Acting

Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes aw...

I ♥ Huckabees

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

Writer

6.3
Writing

A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind...