Benoît Lamy

Benoît Lamy (French pronunciation: [bənwa lami]; 19 September 1945 – 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture Home Sweet Home (1973).

Benoît Lamy
Born	(1945-09-19)19 September 1945 Arlon, Belgium
Died	15 April 2008(2008-04-15) (aged 62) Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation(s)	Film director, writer

Biography

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.^[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.

Death

On 15 April 2008 Lamy was murdered by Perceval Ceulemans, with whom he lived with in Nivelles.^[2] 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)