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Director Brady Corbet used his Golden Globes speech to remember what the film community just lost

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The 2025 Golden Globe winner for Best Director paid tribute to several people he lost while making The Brutalist .

He also thanked Aubrey Plaza's late husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena , who was found dead on Jan. 3 .

His speech was already a tear-jerker long before he got to his devastating coda.

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