Laurent Tirard has worked on many successful films including “Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleoparte” and “Le Petit Nicolas”.
French director Laurent Tirard died Thursday at the age of 57, his agent announced to AFP. He left us this Thursday, September 5, 2024 in Paris, at the age of 57, after having led, with immense courage, a long fight against illness. “, said the agent in a statement. Laurent Tirard, born in Roubaix (Nord) but who grew up in Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne), was trained in cinema in the United States, at New York University.
Struck by cancer in 2012, he underwent a bone marrow transplant which resulted in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) which “ attacked the skin, lungs, liver, intestines “, he confided in 2020.
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Actor Jean Durjardin paid tribute to him in a post on Instagram. We had made “A Man of Height” and “The Return of the Hero”, we had had words and beautiful moments “, he recalls. Thank you. I am thinking of you and your family. Goodbye Laurent “, adds the actor.
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