Benoît Lamy
Directing
- Born
- September 19, 1945 · Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium
- Died
- April 15, 2008 (age 62)
Benoît Lamy (19 September 1945 – 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture Home Sweet Home (1973).
Lamy was born in Arlon in the Belgian Province of Luxembourg and died in Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
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His film debut Home Sweet Home starring Claude Jade and Jacques Perrin won a Diploma award at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. It was also nominated for a Golden Prize award and received 14 international awards from Montréal to Tehran.
Along with Gabrielle Borile, their picture Combat de fauves (1997) won a Golden Bayard award at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film.
On April 15, 2008, Lamy was murdered by Perceval Ceulemans, with whom he lived with in Nivelles. On July 15, 2014, Ceulemans was sentenced to 3+1⁄2 years in prison for "voluntary manslaughter".
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Known for
Oedipus Rex
September 7, 1967
A Summer in La Goulette
December 25, 1996
Life Is Rosy
November 17, 1987
Jambon d'Ardenne
April 21, 1977
Home Sweet Home
January 9, 1974
Wild Games
September 1, 1997
Cartoon circus
January 1, 1972
The Erasers
May 19, 1969
Stampcafé
January 1, 1972
Easy in Mind
July 5, 1989
Ouagadougou – portraits de dieux
January 1, 1992
Behind the camera12
- 1997Wild Games Director, Screenplay
- 1996A Summer in La Goulette Associate Producer
- 1992Ouagadougou – portraits de dieux Director, Writer, Producer
- 1989Easy in Mind Producer
- 1987Life Is Rosy Director, Writer
- 1983Ceci n'est pas Bruxelles Director
- 1977Jambon d'Ardenne Writer, Director
- 1974Home Sweet Home Director, Screenplay
- 1972Cartoon circus Director
- 1972Stampcafé