Benoît Lamy
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. 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". Source: Article "Benoît Lamy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1945-09-19 · Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium
- Died
- 2008-04-15
Known for
- Oedipus Rex (1967) — Assistant Director
- A Summer in La Goulette (1996) — Associate Producer
- Life Is Rosy (1987) — Director
- Jambon d'Ardenne (1977) — Writer
- Home Sweet Home (1974) — Director
- Wild Games (1997) — Director
- Cartoon circus (1972) — Director
- The Erasers (1969) — Second Assistant Director
- Midi trente (1972) — Self
- Stampcafé (1972) — Director
- Easy in Mind (1989) — Producer
- Jean Daskalidès (1980) — Self
- Ceci n'est pas Bruxelles (1983) — Director
- Ouagadougou – portraits de dieux (1992) — Director