Benoît Lamy

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-09-19

Deathday 2008-04-15 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium

Benoît Lamy

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

Director

1997
Wild Games

as Director

1987
Life Is Rosy

as Director

1983
1977
Jambon d'Ardenne

as Director

1973
Home Sweet Home

as Director

1972
Cartoon circus

as Director

1972
Stampcafé

as Director

1969
The Erasers

as Second Assistant Director

1967
Oedipus Rex

as Assistant Director

Writer

1997
Wild Games

as Screenplay

1987
Life Is Rosy

as Writer

1977
1973
Home Sweet Home

as Screenplay

Actor

1980
1972
Midi trente

as Self