Benoît Lamy
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 |
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).
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)
References
- ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "L'ami de Benoît Lamy est inculpé de meurtre" [Benoît Lamy's friend is charged with murder]. La Dernière Heure (in French). 17 June 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "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]. RTBF (in French). 16 July 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Picha". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
External links
- Benoît Lamy at IMDb
- v
- t
- e
- Daniel Schmid (BMD) (1985)
- Jean-Luc Godard (BUEM) (1985)
- Ry Cooder (BOM) (1986)
- Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto (BAM) (1986)
- Benoît Lamy (1987)
- Astor Piazzolla (1988)
- Tōru Takemitsu (1989)
- Michael Haneke (BUMF) (1989)
- Michael Kamen (1990)
- Rachid Bouchareb (1991)
- David Robbins (1992)
- Hou Hsiao-hsien (1993)
- Frédéric Devreese (1994)
- Tôn-Thất Tiết (1995)
- Bruno Coulais (1996)
- Vangelis (1997)
- Simon Fisher Turner (1998)
- Rachel Portman (1999)
- Tan Dun (2000)
- Vladimír Godár (2001)
- Howard Shore (2002)
- Zygmunt Konieczny (2003)
- Miguel Miranda and José Tobar (2004)
- Stephen Warbeck (2005)
- Tony Gatlif and Delphine Mantoulet (2006)
- Benny Andersson (2007)
- Tolib Shakhidi (2008)
- Nathan Larson (2009)
- Hong-jip Kim (2010)
- Evgueni and Sacha Galperine (2011)
- Olivier Assayas (2012)
- Lim Giong (2013)
- Boris Debackere (2014)
- Johnnie Burn (2015)
- Johnny Jewel (2016)
- Dan Romer (2017)
- Stuart A. Staples (2018)
- Mica Levi and Lena Esquenazi (2019)
Authority control databases  | |
|---|---|
| International |
|
| National |
|
| People |
|
 | This article about a Belgian film director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
