French director Laurent Tirard, who notably directed the adaptation of “Le Petit Nicolas” and “Asterix and Obelix: On Her Majesty’s Service”, died on September 5, 2024.
It is a figure of French cinema who has left us. Laurent Tirard, director at work behind the camera of Little Nicolas, Asterix and Obelix: In the Service of His Majesty died this Thursday, September 5 in Paris. He was 57 years old. In a press release by the BCG agency, it is stated that he passed away “after having led, with immense courage, a long fight against the disease.”
Born on February 18, 1967 in Roubaix, Laurent Tirard has worked as a director, screenwriter, and also a film critic in Studio Magazine. It was in 1999 that he began directing short films, before launching into feature-length films in 2004. His first production was Lies and betrayals and more if there is a connection… which brings together the cast Edouard BaerMarie-Josée Croze, Clovis Cornillac and Alice Taglioni.
After writing the screenplay for the acclaimed Lend me your handhe signs the biopic Molière with Romain Duris in 2006. Subsequently, he began adaptations of the Little Nicholas (2009), the biggest French success of the year with 5.5 million admissions, before adapting the most criticized Asterix and Obelix: In the Service of Her MajestyIt disappointed critics but still achieved 3.8 million admissions.
Laurent Tirard then reconnects with the hero of Sempé and Goscinny with Little Nicolas’s Holidaysreleased in 2014. He also wrote the romance A man up to the task with Jean Dujardin and Virginie Efira, as well as the cape and sword comedy The Return of the Herostill with Dujardin. After having adapted The speechhe signs his last film as director, Good heavens! in 2023.