Death of the director of the Dallas Buyers Club, Jean-Marc Vallée | Today Headlines

“He was a friend, a creative partner and an older brother to me,” Nathan Ross, production company partner at Vallée Crazyrose, said in a statement. “The maestro will be sorely missed, but it is heartwarming to know that his magnificent style and hard-hitting work that he shared with the world will continue to live on.”

The director began working on Canadian music videos and short films, before making his feature film debut with the French-language film “Black List”, also known by its English title “Black List”.

His groundbreaking film in the United States was “Dallas Buyers Club,” the 2013 film based on the true story of an AIDS patient who becomes a distributor of experimental treatments. Although Vallée’s achievement was not recognized by the Academy, the film was nominated for Best Picture, while stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both won Oscars for their performances.