The successful TF1 series Tomorrow belongs to us has lost one of its pillars. Valérie Paillard, member of the production team, died during the summer. TF1’s flagship fiction production team paid tribute to him on Monday August 29, 2022. Today’s episode, which she had co-directed, thus began with a black screen.

On August 2, 2022, the French Association of Assistant Directors (Afar) also expressed its sadness after “the sudden death” of one of their own. “Valérie was a competent young first assistant, recognized and appreciated by all, can we read in a message published on the association’s website. Bright, full of energy and full of life, she carried a joie de vivre within her. communicative, both in the professional environment and with family and friends”.

Afar recalls that Valérie Paillard had collaborated on many projects, particularly in the cinema: “She was notably second assistant director on La crème de la crème by Kim Chapiron, Bird people by Pascale Ferran, Babysitting by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheau, An ideal man by Yann Gozlan, To the bottom by Nicolas Benamou”.

After her debut in the TF1 series as a first assistant, she gradually occupied a central place in the production of fiction. The team of Tomorrow belongs to us had already been bereaved by the death on July 13 of Charlotte Valandrey. The actress had long played the role of Laurence Moiret before leaving fiction in 2020.