Benoît Lamy

Benoît Lamy (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. 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. On 15 July 2014 Ceulemans was sentenced to $3 1/2$ years in prison for "voluntary manslaughter".

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. )
 * 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)