Benoît Lamy
Belgian screenwriter, producer and director
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Benoît Lamy (French pronunciation: [bənwa lami]; died 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture Home Sweet Home (1973).
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| Born | Arlon, Belgium |
| Died | 15 April 2008 (aged 62) Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium |
| Occupations | Film director, writer |
Early life
Benoît Lamy was born in Arlon in the Belgian Province of Luxembourg.[citation needed]
Career
Lamy's film debut Home Sweet Home, starring Claude Jade and Jacques Perrin, won a Diploma award at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] 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.[citation needed]
Death
On 15 April 2008 Lamy was murdered by Perceval Ceulemans, with whom he lived with in Nivelles,[2] He died in Braine-l'Alleud.[citation needed] On 15 July 2014 Ceulemans was sentenced to 3+1⁄2 years in prison for "voluntary manslaughter".[3]
Films
- Cartoon Circus (1972, documentary about Franco-Belgian comics, starring Cabu, François Cavanna, Professeur Choron, Jules Feiffer, GAL, Joke, Picha, Jean-Marc Reiser, Siné, Roland Topor, Willem and Georges Wolinski.[4])
- Home Sweet Home (1973, starring Claude Jade)
- Ham from the Ardennes (Jambon d'Ardenne) (1977, with Annie Girardot)
- Life Is Beautiful (La vie est belle) (1987 with Papa Wemba)
- Wild Games (Combat de fauve) (1997 with Richard Bohringer)