Filmmaker Jean-Claude Lord, director of numerous films and television series that marked the history of the seventh art in Quebec, died at the age of 78.
Jean-Claude Lord was "
a pioneer of cinema and television in Quebec
," said Quebec Prime Minister François Legault in a message of condolence on Twitter.
The filmmaker died on Saturday evening following a stroke which struck him on December 30, his son Jean-Sébastien said on Facebook on Sunday.
François Legault says he has "
kept beautiful memories
", among other works by the filmmaker, of the television series Lance et compte, on professional hockey circles, which had aroused great enthusiasm in Quebec.
A season of the series had been broadcast in France under the title Cogne and wins in the late 1980s.
More than ten films
Director, screenwriter, editor and producer, Jean-Claude Lord has more than ten films to his credit, including
Deliver Us from Evil
(1969),
Speak to Us of Love
(1972),
Bingo
(1974) and the youth film
The Frog and the Whale
(1987). He also made films for the English-speaking market in the 1980s, including
Visiting Hours
(Terror at the central hospital),
The Vindicator
or
Mindfield
(the murdered memory). Besides
Lance et compte
, he has directed several television series and had filmed episodes of the first season of the hit detective series
District 31 .
, which continues to fascinate a good part of Quebec and will end in April at the end of its sixth season.
The social commitment of the filmmaker, a critic of authority and established powers, “
was at the heart of his work
”, underlined his son in his tribute message.
"
He defined himself not as an artist but as a 'communicator' who liked to question the values of the society in which we live
," he added.
