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Jeff Baena

ジェフ・ベイナ　/　じぇふ・べいな

American screenwriter

June 29, 1977 (age 48)　・　Miami, Florida, United States

Florida
screenwriter
film director

My Take

Jeff Baena always struck me as a filmmaker more interested in awkward human texture than in box-office noise. A Miami kid who trained at NYU's Tisch School, he broke in writing I Heart Huckabees and then carved out a niche with offbeat, critic-pleasing work like Joshy and The Little Hours. What I find most appealing is how he built a creative family around himself, collaborating closely with his wife Aubrey Plaza and writing partner Alison Brie. His death in early 2025 feels genuinely premature; he was the sort of voice that tends to deepen with age, and I quietly mourn the films we will never get to see from him.

Overview

Jeffrey Lance Baena ( BAY-nə; June 29, 1977 – January 3, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director. His most successful films were 2004's I Heart Huckabees and 2020's Horse Girl, though his projects to receive the most contemporaneous critical acclaim were the 2016 and 2017 films Joshy and The Little Hours. Baena frequently worked with his wife, Aubrey Plaza, and writing partner Alison Brie.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jeff Baena
Name (Japanese): ジェフ・ベイナ
Reading: じぇふ・べいな
Born: June 29, 1977 (age 48)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Snake
Origin: Miami, Florida, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / film director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Miami Killian High School
University: New York University Tisch School of the Arts

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Baena

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