JeanMarc 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 Vallées direction and editing His fourth feature film CRAZY 2005 received further critical acclaim and was a financial success Vallées followup The Young Victoria 2009 garnered strong reviews and received three Academy Award nominations while his sixth film Café de Flore 2011 was the most nominated film at the 32nd Genie Awards Vallées next films the American dramas Dallas Buyers Club 2013 and Wild 2014 continued this acclaim and the former earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing Vallée ventured into television by executive producing and directing two projects for HBO the drama series Big Little Lies 2017 and the thriller miniseries Sharp Objects 2018 For the former he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series Movie or Dramatic Special