Benoît Lamy
- Directing
- September 19, 1945 · Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium
- April 15, 2008
Biography
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
Filmography
- Wild Games · Director, Screenplay
- A Summer in La Goulette · Associate Producer
- Ouagadougou – portraits de dieux · Director, Writer
- Easy in Mind · Producer
- Life Is Rosy · Director, Writer
- Ceci n'est pas Bruxelles · Director
- Jean Daskalidès · Self
- Jambon d'Ardenne · Writer, Director
- Home Sweet Home · Director, Screenplay
- Midi trente · Self
- Cartoon circus · Director
- Stampcafé · Director
- The Erasers · Second Assistant Director
- Oedipus Rex · Assistant Director