Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series “Big Little Lies” and whose 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” garnered multiple Oscar nominations, has died at age 58.
So far the causes of the death of Jean-Marc Vallée are unknown, who was born on March 9, 1963 in Montreal. His representative Bumble Ward reported Sunday that Vallée passed away suddenly in his cabin located on the outskirts of Quebec City, Canada, over the weekend.
Dallas Buyers Club, Jean-Marc Vallée’s hit movie
In ‘Dallas Buyers Club’, Vallée told in 2013 the true story of Ron Woodroof, an electrician and rodeo cowboy from Texas who, after being diagnosed as having AIDS, fought for all those infected with HIV to have access to medicine.
The film was nominated for 6 Oscar statuettes and won 3 awards, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner and Steve Zahn.
He later made an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern. The film was nominated for three Oscars. Later, Vallée immersed himself fully in the world of television series and obtained very good results.
In 2017, the Canadian received the DGA Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for the HBO limited series for Big Little Lies, on which he also executive produced. In total, the series won eight Emmys and four Golden Globes. He also directed and executive produced the HBO limited series Sharp Objects, which was nominated for eight Emmys.
