Filmmaker Jean-Claude Lord, especially the master craftsman of the “Lance at Compton” series, died Saturday, January 16, 2022, at the age of 78 following a stroke.
When did Jean-Claude Lord die?
“At 10:33 pm on January 15, 2022, we announce with boundless sadness that Jean-Claude Lord died on December 30 at the age of 78 following a major stroke,” said his son Jean-Sebastien Lord. , In a post on Facebook.
Jean-Claude Lord made his filmmaker debut in 1969 a controversial play adapted from Claude Jasmine’s novel.
A love story between two gay lovers.
Three years later, he achieved his first popular success with Les Columbes.
A romantic drama between two families from different social classes.
Then, he immediately followed up with Bingo (1974), one of the biggest hits of Quebec cinema in the 1970s, inspired by the October Crisis.
Most recently, he directed several episodes of the first season of the popular series District 31.
In 2017, Jean-Claude Lord received the Guy Maffet Prize for his entire life.
