Laurent Tirard, director, screenwriter and producer, has just passed away at the age of 57. “He left us this Thursday, September 5, 2024, at the age of 57, after having led, with immense courage, a long fight against illness,” wrote the BCGRP press agency in a press release this Thursday.
Laurent Tirard, “influenced by Jacques Tati and a great admirer of Star Wars”, the press release underlines, is known for his films Little Nicolas, Little Nicolas’s Holidays, Asterix and Obelix: In Her Majesty’s Servicewith Edouard Baer and Gérard Depardieu, A Man of Height with Jean Dujardin and Virginie Efira or even The Speechwith Benjamin Lavernhe.
We also owe him Molièrefreely adapted from the author’s life, with Romain Duris and Fabrice Luchini in 2007.
Screenwriter for television and films Lend me your hand Eric Lartigau or Without leaving a traceLaurent Tirard began his career as a film journalist at Studio Magazine.
His latest film, Good heavens!starring Valérie Bonneton and Camille Chamoux, was released in 2023.
- BFMTV.com
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