# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-baena
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:41:33.921Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-baena"
name: "Jeff Baena"
slug: "jeff-baena"
description: "Jeffrey Lance Baena was an American screenwriter and film director. His most successful films were I Heart Huckabees (2004) and Horse Girl (2020), though his projects to receive the most contemporaneous critical acclaim were the films Joshy (2016) and The Little Hours (2017). Baena frequently worked with his wife, Aubrey Plaza, and writing partner Alison Brie."
tagline: "American screenwriter and film director (1977–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Baena.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1977-06-29"
deathDate: "2025-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           62.92
  momentum:             15.39397878689396
  historical:           23.265992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 196
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1337885/"
    handle:    "nm1337885"
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    title: "Джефф Баена"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump