French filmmaker Agnès Varda has died at the age of 90, her family has confirmed.
News of Agnès’ death broke on Friday morning, with confirmation coming from Agence France Presse.
Agnès’ family said: “The director and artist Agnès Varda died at her home on the night of Thursday, March 29, of complications from cancer. She was surrounded by her family and friends.”
Fans soon stared paying tribute:
Agnès’ career spanned more than 60 years and her debut feature film, 1955′s La Pointe Courte, is seen as a pioneering work within French New Wave cinema.
Throughout her career, Agnès won multiple awards, including an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival (making her the first woman to ever receive this distinction) and the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.
In 2017, she was given an honorary award for her contributions to cinema at the Oscars, before becoming the event’s oldest ever nominee last year, when her film Faces Places was recognised in the Best Documentary Feature category.
Her most recent movie, Varda By Agnès, premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.