Canadian director and producer Jean-Marc Vallee dead at 58
Posted December 27, 2021 7:44 pm.
Last Updated December 27, 2021 7:51 pm.
Award-winning filmmaker, Jean-Marc Vallee died suddenly in his cabin outside Quebec City over the weekend, his representative Bumble Ward confirmed Sunday.
Vallee was born in Montreal and studied filmmaking at the College Ahuntsic and the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
He directed a string of high-profile films and series after his breakout drama C.R.A.Z.Y., winning an Emmy for the hit HBO series Big Little Lies, and multiple nominations for the 2013 drama Dallas Buyers Club.
Vallee wrote, directed and co-produced the coming-of-age Quebec drama, C.R.A.Z.Y. about a young gay man dealing with homophobia in the 1960s and ’70s.
The movie, which earned $6 million in box office revenue in Quebec alone, was Vallee’s first feature film to be both written and directed by him.
Producing partner Nathan Ross said in a statement that Vallee “stood for creativity, authenticity and trying things differently.” Ross adds, “the maestro will sorely be missed but it comforts knowing his beautiful style and impactful work he shared with the world will live on.”
– With files from the Associated Press
