Jean-Marc Vallée was a Canadian director.
Vallée broke into directing through music videos.
His debut film feature, the 1995 thriller Black List, earned nine nominations for Canada's Genie Awards, and his 2005 coming-of-age movie C.R.A.Z.Y. won 11 Genies.
His 2009 film The Young Victoria, picked up three Oscar nominations, including a win for best costume design.
The director's next success was 2013's Dallas Buyers Club, the fact-based story of Ron Woodroof, who sold experimental drugs to AIDS patients. The drama earned six Academy Award nominations, including best picture.
Jean-Marc Vallée was a Canadian director.
Vallée broke into directing through music videos.
His debut film feature, the 1995 thriller Black List, earned nine nominations for Canada's Genie Awards, and his 2005 coming-of-age movie C.R.A.Z.Y. won 11 Genies.
His 2009 film The Young Victoria, picked up three Oscar nominations, including a win for best costume design.
The director's next success was 2013's Dallas Buyers Club, the fact-based story of Ron Woodroof, who sold experimental drugs to AIDS patients. The drama earned six Academy Award nominations, including best picture.
Vallée's then tackled HBO's star-studded adaptation of Big Little Lies, the project that Vallée directed and executive produced. Vallée earned an Emmy and a DGA Award for directing Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and the rest of the high-profile cast on the first season, which aired in 2017.
Vallée went on to direct Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson in HBO's 2018 limited series Sharp Objects, which he also executive produced. In 202, Vallée and Ross' production company, Crazyrose, signed a first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max.
Other film-directing work included Wild (2014), which landed Oscar noms for Witherspoon and Dern, and the Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle Demolition (2015).
Vallée died December 25, 2021 in Quebec, Canada. He was 58.
