Director

Benoît Lamy

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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 0All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 24409

IMDb ID: nm0484009

Known for: Directing

Born: September 19, 1945

Died: April 15, 2008

Age: 62

Place of birth: Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1967 - 1997

Years active: 31

Average TMDB rating: 6.74

Wikidata: Q710643

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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". Source: Article "Benoît Lamy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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