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Vallée's demise was reported on Sunday by
entertainment website Deadline and confirmed on Twitter by his
representative Bumble Ward.
"Still in shock over the news that Jean-Marc Vallée has died,"
Ward said, adding that he was thoughtful and kind "while still
being a creative genius."
Vallée's Hollywood breakthrough came with the 2013 AIDS drama
"Dallas Buyers Club," which won Oscars for actors Matthew
McConaughey and Jared Leto.
The movie was based on the true story of homophobic drug addict
Ron Woodroof, played by McConaughey, who smuggles much-needed
but unapproved medication into the United States to distribute
to other AIDS patients.
Vallée's recent win as a director came from HBO series "Big
Little Lies" starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Meryl
Streep and Zoë Kravitz. The show won eight Emmy awards in 2017.
He directed "Demolition," a 2015 drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal,
about a New York investment banker coming to grips with his
wife's sudden death.
Vallée had at the time called "Demolition" his most “rock and
roll” film, both for its pulsing soundtrack in a film otherwise
punctuated by silence, and its often provocative and offbeat
portrayal of grief.
Vallée, who hailed from Montreal, forayed into the features film
industry with his 1995 thriller "Black List"
He is survived by two sons.
(Reporting by Rachna Dhanrajani and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru;
Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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