Jeff Baena

Jeff Baena (born June 29, 1977) is an American screenwriter and film director known for Life After Beth, Joshy, The Little Hours, and for co-writing I Heart Huckabees with David O. Russell. 2Personal life Baena was born in Miami, Florida. He grew up in South Florida, and later studied film at New York University. He lives and works in California. He has been dating actress and comedian Aubrey Plaza since 2011. They live and work together often. 2Career After graduating, Baena moved to Los Angeles to start building his career. He became a production assistant for Robert Zemeckis, working on a number of films.After working with Zemeckis, Baena took a job as an assistant editor for writer-director David O. Russell. After a year-and-a-half of working together, a minor car accident injured one of Baena's eyes. Partially to keep his spirits up and pass the time during his recovery from that, Russell began discussing story ideas with Baen