Biography
Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963 – December 25, 2021) was a Canadian director, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including "Stéréotypes" (1991), "Les fleurs magiques" (1995), and "Les mots magiques" (1998). His debut feature, "Black List" (1995), was nominated for nine Genie Awards, including nods for Vallée's direction and editing. His fourth feature film, "C.R.A.Z.Y." (...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Soul Pursuit
2021
Thanks
After tragic events, a man and his dog seek solitude in the Oregon Columbia Gorge by hiking to the nations second highest waterfall. Winner for best f...
The Space Between
2021
Thanks
Micky Adams, an eccentric has-been rock musician, loses his grip on reality as his record label looks to drop him and his new "unique" albums. In hope...
Big Giant Wave
2021
Executive Producer
Big Giant Wave is an ode to music, the invisible abstract and fleeting sequence of sounds that creates in the brain the same reaction as chocolate, se...
Ainsi soit-elle
2019
Thanks
The story revolves around the crazy life of Jordan Baxter, a young man born into money, struggling from the loss of his mother to suicide.
Demolition
2016
Director, Producer, Editor
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.
Birthday Boy
2015
Executive Producer
A young man steals a car but is unprepared for what he finds in the back seat.
King Ripple
2015
Thanks
Four teens travel into a desolate and decrepit urban wasteland brought forth by the very being they wish to find, dead or alive.
Wild
2014
Director, Editor
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
Director, Editor
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thi...
Café de Flore
2011
as Neighbour
Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care f...
Café de Flore
2011
Director, Writer, Editor
Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care f...
The Young Victoria
2009
Director
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mot...
C.R.A.Z.Y.
2005
as Jeune prêtre
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his fathe...
C.R.A.Z.Y.
2005
Screenplay, Director, Co-Producer
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his fathe...
Loser Love
1999
Director
A young woman decides to get even with her abusive boyfriend.
Les Mots Magiques
1998
Director, Writer
A young man in his thirties goes to his father's house in the hope of telling him once and for all what he has always wanted to tell him. Then begins ...
Los Locos
1997
Director, Editor
In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.
Black List
1995
Director, Editor
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politici...
Les Fleurs Magiques
1995
Director, Writer
In the 1960s, a dreamy kid tells how he thinks he can change his alcoholic father's personality: with magic flowers. First film of a trilogy on father...
Pablo qui court
1991
Editor
Stereotypes
1991
Editor, Director
Stereotypes is a Canadian fantasy short film, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and released in 1991.[ The film centres on a woman who turns into a monster...
Cut Print Thank You Bye
N/A
as Self (archival footage)
Feature-length documentary about the life of director Jean-Marc Vallée.