Clip director Valentin Petit died at the age of 32 in a tragic plane crash on Saturday May 20 in Switzerland. The artist had notably collaborated with Pharrell Williams and Nekfeu.
The rising star of music video production died on Saturday May 20 in a plane crash. Valentin Petit had boarded a small tourist device on the occasion of a tour of Switzerland offered by one of his relatives, confides his father to Berry Républicain.
Crushed in the forest
According to our colleagues, the plane carrying Valentin Petit, a relative of his in his thirties and a seventy-year-old pilot, crashed in a forest area near Chaux-les-Fonds in the canton from Neuchâtel to Swiss. The alert would have been given a little before 11 a.m. The aircraft crashed in a hard-to-reach area.
His relatives revealed his death on Monday, May 22, they had learned of the tragedy the day after the accident.
Recognized director
The artist had collaborated with big names in music for the filming of video clips. Among them, the stars Pharrell Williams, Nekfeu, Roméo Elvis or even Rosalia. At the head of the Occurence production box, Valentin Petit had also made a name for himself thanks to the production of advertising spots for the brands Puma or Adidac or even the parade of the famous haute couture brand Balmain.
Those close to him describe a passionate worker, a funny man, “who loved adventure and video”. He had started filming at a very young age: “One day, he broke his wrist while riding his bike and started filming at the skatepark. He threw himself into it, because he was like that, Valentin, until he became a reference in the profession”, says one of his childhood friends.
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