Vallée is praised for his naturalistic approach to filmmaking. For the past ten years, he has directed Hollywood stars such as Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.
In 2009, he directed Queen Victoria with Emily Blunt. He became a coveted name in Hollywood after his Last Hope Club with Matthew McConaughey and Jared Let won six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
The Canadian filmmaker often shot with natural light and hand-held cameras, giving the actors the freedom to improvise and move freely in the scene. While filming Wild with Witherspoon, his crew moved up and down the Pacific Ridge in the western United States.
“Freedom to improvise emphasizes the plot, emotions and relationship of the characters. I try not to interfere too much in my acting performances, I don’t need to cut or stop them. Actors are free to play by themselves. We often said with cameramen, for example: ‘This location is useless, it’s not pretty.’ But that’s what holt life is like, “Vallée said of directing actors in an interview with AP in 2014.
In 2017, he reunited with Witherspoon to direct the series Sedmilhářky, which became a great success. In 2018, he directed Adams in Sharp Subjects, also for HBO. For both series, Vallée won the Association of American Directors Award.
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