Jean-Marc Vallée, director of ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ and ‘Big Little Lies’, dies at 58

Jean-Marc Vallee, the Canadian director of films such as ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ (2013), ‘C.R.A.Z.Y.’ (2005), ‘Wild soul’ (2014) and the first season of the series ‘Big Little Lies’ (2017) has passed away at 58 years old, according to several American media, this weekend.

The news of the death, of which the cause is still unknown, has been given by his producing partner, Nathan Ross, through a statement, which is collected by the magazine ‘Variety’. According to this information has died suddenly in his cabin in Quebec, Canada. The director has children, Alex and Emily.

“Jean-Marc represented creativity, authenticity and trying things differently. He was a true artist and a generous and caring guy. Everyone who worked with him couldn’t help but see the talent and vision that he possessed,” says Ross . “We will miss the teacher deeply,” he adds, “but it is a comfort to know that his beautiful style and his impressive work that he shared with the world will endure.”

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The filmmaker became known in 2005 with ‘C.R.A.Z.Y.’, a revelation film for critics and audiences. This tape was followed ‘Young Victoria’ in 2009 and ‘Café de Flore’ in 2011. But its popularity increased considerably in 2013 with the successful ‘Dallas Buyers Club’, with which he received an Oscar nomination.

This film, starring Matthew McConaughey, was based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS patient who smuggled pharmaceutical drugs in Texas and distributed them to other AIDS patients through the ‘Dallas Buyers Club’. For their performances in the film, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.

Later, he got dos Emmys for the first season of ‘Big Little Lies’. In addition, he was director of ‘Alma slavaje’, in 2014, ‘Demolición’ in 2015 and of the series ‘Open wounds’ in 2018. He was currently working on the series ‘Gorilla and the Bird’ a new series for HBO.