Jeff Baena was both a writer and director. (AP: Invision/Jordan Strauss)
Indie filmmaker Jeff Baena, who was married to his frequent creative collaborator Aubrey Plaza, has died.
He was 47 years old.
Baena was found dead about 10:30am on Friday at a Los Angeles home, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office.
The circumstances of his death remained unclear, the Associated Press reported.
Baena and Plaza, pictured at a premier in 2017, collaborated on film projects. (AP: Invision/Willy Sanjuan)
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The medical examiner's office said it was investigating and a full report would not be available until the case was closed.
A representative for Plaza responded to a request for comment with a link to a story about Baena's death on the entertainment industry news site Deadline.
The article said Baena's family was devastated and asking for privacy.
Plaza had been due to present at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday night, local time.
Baena co-wrote David O Russell's 2004 film I Heart Huckabees and wrote and directed five of his own films, mostly dark comedies.
Plaza starred in his directorial debut, the 2014 zombie comedy Life After Beth and appeared in two of his other films The Little Hours and Spin Me Round.
Plaza, 40, rose to fame playing April Ludgate on cult television series Parks and Recreation and won a Golden Globe award for her role in the second season of The White Lotus.
The couple married in 2021.
Baena's colleagues and fans of his work posted tributes to the filmmaker on social media, with a clip of Plaza talking about the pair's wedding attracting more than 180,000 views on X.
AP