Quebec director Jean-Claude Lord has died at the age of 78, his son Jean-Sébastien announced on social networks on Sunday.
He died on Saturday following a massive stroke that occurred on December 30.
Jean-Claude Lord made a name for himself in the 1970s by making films that were very critical of society, such as bingo, Tell me about love and Panic. He also shot one of the first feature films in the series Tales for all, The Frog and the Whale.
“I am someone who knows how to fight for his ideas and who has managed to materialize at least a dozen of them, which in my opinion justifies nearly fifty-five years of work,” he says in an article published on the Prix du Québec website.
Mr. Lord also had a strong impact on the Quebec television universe, notably by directing the first series Throw and Counte. He was still active in recent years. According to the IMDB site, he also directed at least one episode of District 31 and four others in the series 30 Lives.
In 2017, he received the Guy-Mauffette prize. On the Prix du Québec website, it is written that “without him, Quebec television would simply not be what it is today. »
Jean-Claude Lord also tried to make a career in English Canada. His first try, Visiting hours », a horror film, even rose to second place in American receipts in 1982.
“His social commitment was at the heart of his work. He liked to disturb, move, provoke and tell stories in his own way,” his son Jean-Sébastien paid tribute to him.
“He defined himself, not as an artist, but as a communicator who liked to question the values of the society in which we live. »
Jean-Sébastien Lord indicated that the funeral ceremonies will take place at a later date, “when the sanitary conditions can lend themselves to a more significant gathering”.