Benoît Lamy (; 19 September 1945 – 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture ''

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'' (1973).

Biography

Lamy was born in

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in the Belgian Province of

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and died in

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, Belgium. His film debut ''

'' starring

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and

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won a Diploma award at the

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. 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 April 15, 2008, Lamy was murdered by Perceval Ceulemans, with whom he lived with in

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. On July 15, 2014, Ceulemans was sentenced to years in prison for "voluntary manslaughter".

Films

* '' Cartoon Circus'' (1972, documentary about Franco-Belgian comics, starring

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, GAL, Joke,

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and

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.) * ''

'' (1973, starring

) * '' Ham from the Ardennes'' (''Jambon d'Ardenne'') (1977, with

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) * ''

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'' (''La vie est belle'') (1987 with

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) * '' Wild Games'' (''Combat de fauve'') (1997 with

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)

References

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* 1945 births 2008 deaths People from Arlon Belgian film directors LGBT film directors Georges Delerue Award winners 20th-century Belgian LGBT people 21st-century Belgian LGBT people {{Belgium-film-director-stub