Benoît Lamy Explained

Benoît Lamy
Birth Date:1945 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Arlon, Belgium
Death Place:Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Occupation:Film director, writer

Benoît Lamy (in French pronounced as /bənwa lami/; 19 September 1945  - 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture Home Sweet Home (1973).

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 years in prison for "voluntary manslaughter".[3]

Films

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973) . 3 January 2013 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194922/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1973 . 16 January 2013 . dmy.
  2. News: L'ami de Benoît Lamy est inculpé de meurtre . Benoît Lamy's friend is charged with murder . 17 June 2008 . . fr . 8 December 2018.
  3. Web site: L'ancien compagnon de Benoit Lamy écope de 3,5 ans de prison . The former companion of Benoit Lamy sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison . 16 July 2014 . . fr . 8 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Picha . Lambiek.net . 8 December 2018.

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