Jean-Marc Vallée

b. March 9, 1963, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
d. December 26, 2021, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (age 58, cause undisclosed)

Canadian-born film and television director, editor, screenwriter, and producer. Studied film at the Université de Montréal. Won an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Directing a Limited Series, Movie or Special for the first season of the highly-acclaimed HBO mini-series “Big Little Lies” (2017, he directed all 7 episodes; also co-edited and co-executive produced all episodes from both seasons—2017 and 2019). His films include “The Young Victoria” (2009), “Café de flore” (2011, also scr. and co-prod.), “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013, earned him a nomination for an Academy Award, category Best Achievement in Film Editing; shared with Martin Pensa), “Wild” (2014) and “Demolition” (2015, also prod.). After the suspenseful HBO mini-series, “Sharp Objects” (2018), he was set to direct yet another HBO series, “Gorilla and the Bird.” His publicist, Bumble Ward, tweeted the day he died, ‘[…] What you may not know is that he was sweet and kind, full of gratitude, remembered birthdays and sent awesome mixtapes, while still being a creative genius. Rest in Peace.’ Reese Witherspoon, his leading lady in “Wild” and “Big Little Lies,” tweeted, ‘My heart is broken. My friend. I love you.’

Jean-Marc Vallée’s films and mini-series include “The Young Victoria” (2009), “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013), and the HBO mini-series “Big Little Lies” (2017)

External links
■ Jean-Marc Vallée at IMDB ■
■ Jean-Marc Vallée at Wikipedia ■