Julien Zidi, one of the six children of director Claude Zidi (
The wing or the thigh, the Zizanie or the under-gifted
) was killed on Sunday in a motorcycle accident in Spain.
His disappearance was announced by the production company Skypic with which he collaborated.
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“Sad news this morning with the tragic death of Julien Zidi, director known for his many detective TV series. We collaborated with him on several occasions in 2020 to produce the aerial images for the new France TV series:
En Quest de Vérité
. All our condolences to his family, ”
asked the members of this company specializing in drone shots.
Like his 86-year-old father (but also his brothers and sisters), Julien Zidi had embarked on a career in the seventh art. She had started in 1993 not in a comedy but in the film noir,
Profil bas
, with Patrick Bruel and Didier Bezace.
“Basically, I come from a family that comes from that background. I've always watched it with a little curiosity without necessarily wanting to do the same. But one day, I did a first internship in this environment and during it, I discovered a job that I found extremely pleasant, ”
he confided in 2019 in an interview with the
Independent du Midi. .
After
Profil Bas,
he will also be the first assistant of the
Ripoux 3
, before turning to TV fiction.
So we owe Julien Zidi several episodes of
RIS forensic science
,
Research Section
or
Alice Nevers, the judge is a woman
on TF1,
Chérif
and
We will love each other a little much
on France 2 or
Perfect Crimes
on France 3.
He is also the director of the first crossover between
Alice Nevers
and
Section de Recherches
,
two series which have not been renewed.
His latest project was
In Quest of Truth,
a series for France Télévisions, with Claire Borotra, Constance Gay, Pascal Demolon and Marc Ruchmann.