India, Jan. 5 -- Writer-director Jeff Baena reportedly died by suicide. As per E! News, Los Angeles medical examiner records have confirmed the same. Jeff, husband of actor Aubrey Plaza, was found dead at a Los Angeles residence on Friday. He died at the age of 47. (Also Read | Who was Jeff Baena? Aubrey Plaza's husband found dead at LA home)

Jeff's darkly comedic independent films included The Little Hours. He was married to his frequent creative collaborator Aubrey Plaza. He co-wrote David O Russell's 2004 film I Heart Huckabees and wrote and directed five of his own films, four of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

He had been dating Aubrey for three years before she starred in his 2014 directorial debut, the zombie comed...