Benoît Lamy
Benoît Lamy (bənwa lami; died 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture Home Sweet Home (1973).
Also recorded as Benoit Lamy
Benoît Lamy
- Name
- Benoît Lamy
- Birthplace
- Arlon, Belgium
- Died
- 15 April 2008
- Place of death
- Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
- Occupation
- Film director, writer
- Born
- 1945 · Arlon.
- Nationality
- Belgium
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• Name — Benoît Lamy • Birthplace — Arlon, Belgium • Died — 15 April 2008 • Place of death — Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium • Occupation — Film director, writer
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Benoît Lamy (19 September 1945 – 15 April 2008) is described as a director in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Benoît Lamy was born in Arlon, Belgium, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Early life
Early life
Benoît Lamy was born in Arlon in the Belgian Province of Luxembourg.
Career
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
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".
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Benoît Lamy was born on 19 September 1945 and died on 15 April 2008 in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium.
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Braine-l'Alleud.
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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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