Occupation Director
writer | Years active 2004–present | |
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Full Name () June 29, 1977 (age 39) Movies Life After Beth, Joshy, I Heart Huckabees, The Little Hours Similar Aubrey Plaza, Alex Ross Perry, Adam Pally, Molly Shannon, Brett Gelman | ||
Interview with jeff baena director of life after beth 2014 sundance film festival
Jeff Baena (born June 29, 1977) is a screenwriter and film director known for Life After Beth, Joshy, the upcoming The Little Hours, and for co-writing I Heart Huckabees with David O. Russell.
Contents
- Interview with jeff baena director of life after beth 2014 sundance film festival
- Personal life
- Career
- References
Personal life
Jeff Baena was born in Miami, Florida, USA on 29 June 1977. He grew up in South Florida, and later studied film at New York University. He lives and works in California.
Career
After graduating, he 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 Baena. The two ended up collaborating on four scripts together.
One of those four scripts was I Heart Huckabees, which Russell directed in 2004. At the same time, Baena began to focus his career on writing and wrote the zombie comedy Life After Beth, which would wind up being his debut feature as a director.
Baena had planned for Joshy to be his directorial debut, however, actor and collaborator Adam Pally had to pull out for personal reasons. Baena then decided to work on Life After Beth, which he had begun writing in 2003.
The next film for Baena is The Little Hours, which is slated for release in 2017. The film features actors Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon along with multiple cameos.