Jeff Baena’s cause of death has been published.

Jeff Baena, a writer and filmmaker whose credits include “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours,” has died.
Last week, Baena was found dead at his Los Angeles home. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined that he died by suicide. Baena was 47.
He married actress and comedian Aubrey Plaza in 2021, and they had previously collaborated on many productions, including the 2014 horror-comedy “Life After Beth” and the 2017 historical comedy “The Little Hours.”
More recently, the couple worked together on the 2021 comedy series “Cinema Toast” and the 2022 film “Spin Me Round.”
Plaza was due to present at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, but she did not show up. On the occasion, director Brady Corbet remembered the tragedy while winning an award for “The Brutalist.
“Finally, tonight, my heart is with Aubrey Plaza and Jeff’s family,” Corbet stated at the conclusion of his victory speech.
Plaza and Baena have been together since 2011, and she told People in 2021 how the COVID-19 pandemic had enhanced their love.

“We were quarantined for months and months like everybody else,” she remarked at the time. “And we did enjoy it. I think it was, obviously, aside from all of the horrible things going on around the globe, it was sort of lovely to be forced to remain in one spot for that long on a personal and interpersonal level.”
Her spouse is recognized for co-writing the acclaimed 2004 film “I Heart Huckabees,” which starred Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin, and for writing and directing the 2016 dramedy “Joshy,” starring Thomas Middleditch.
Baena co-wrote “Horse Girl” with actor Alison Brie and directed it. Prior to the 2020 release, he took part in an “Ask Us Anything” session with Reddit members and discussed what inspired the film.
“Alison and I both have had family members who have had mental illness, and it was a major influence on working on this,” he told me.
His first stepmother, he wrote, had suffered from manic depression. Baena answered a Reddit user’s query about if the film was a commentary on how the healthcare system is “failing” those with mental illnesses.
“While I would not consider ‘Horse Girl’ to be an activist film, the themes of how we as a society and individuals treat persons with mental illness were a major focus and impetus for making this,” wrote Baena.
Several celebrities who had collaborated with Baena publicly mourned his passing.
Molly Shannon, a “SNL” alum who acted in four of his projects, including his 2014 directorial debut “Life After Beth,” posted an undated photo with him on social media with a broken heart emoji.