Benoît Lamy
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 14
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Died
- April 15, 2008
- Place of birth
- Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium
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".
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