About

Known credits:
15
Birthday:
1945-09-19
Place of birth:
Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium
Website:
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Benoît Lamy

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1980 Jean Daskalidès Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1997 Wild Games Directing Director 59
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1987 Life Is Rosy Directing Director 58
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1983 Ceci n'est pas Bruxelles Directing Director N/A
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1977 Jambon d'Ardenne Directing Director 59
Average
1973 Home Sweet Home Directing Director 59
Average
1972 Stampcafé Directing Director 59
Average
1972 Cartoon circus Directing Director 59
Average
1969 The Erasers Directing Second Assistant Director N/A
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1967 Oedipus Rex Directing Assistant Director 62
Fair

Writing
1997 Wild Games Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1987 Life Is Rosy Writing Writer 58
Average
1977 Jambon d'Ardenne Writing Writer 59
Average
1973 Home Sweet Home Writing Screenplay 59
Average

Production
1989 Easy in Mind Production Producer N/A
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