Benoît Lamy
Belgian film director, producer and screenwriter
About Benoît Lamy
Lived 1945 – 2008 (aged 62). Benoît Lamy was a Belgian film director, film producer, screenwriter and director.
Benoît Lamy (; died 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture Home Sweet Home.
Early life Benoît Lamy was born in Arlon in the Belgian Province of Luxembourg.
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. 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.
Death On 15 April 2008 Lamy was murdered by Perceval Ceulemans, with whom he lived with in Nivelles, He died in Braine-l'Alleud. On 15 July 2014 Ceulemans was sentenced to years in prison for "voluntary manslaughter".
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. ) 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)
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Belgian film director, producer and screenwriter (1945–2008)
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Benoît Lamy was born on 19 September 1945 in Arlon.
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Benoît Lamy died on 15 April 2008 in Braine-l'Alleud.
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Benoît Lamy was a film director, film producer, screenwriter and director.
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Benoît Lamy was Belgian.
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