FILM DIRECTOR

Benoît Lamy

1945 - 2008

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benoît Lamy has received more than 22,603 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Benoît Lamy is the 1,302nd most popular film director (up from 1,415th in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 722nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Benoît Lamy ranks 1,302 out of 2,041. Before him are Buddy Van Horn, Neil Burger, Nunnally Johnson, Werner Klingler, Jacques Baratier, and Neill Blomkamp. After him are David Frankel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Milcho Manchevski, Max Hardcore, Vladimir Motyl, and Oumarou Ganda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Benoît Lamy ranks 526. Before him are Ivan Edeshko, Emerich Dembrovschi, Vashti Bunyan, Lualhati Bautista, Carl Anderson, and Susan Haack. After him are Dan Harrington, Jörg Drehmel, Aldo Poy, Rainer Brüderle, Li Dong-woon, and Simon Schama. Among people deceased in 2008, Benoît Lamy ranks 301. Before him are Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Ruslana Korshunova, Igor Dmitriev, Douglas Bennett, Neil Bartlett, and Alexander Courage. After him are Harvey Korman, Cecilia Colledge, Pauline Baynes, Margaret Truman, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, and Sam Tingle.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Benoît Lamy ranks 736 out of 1,190. Before him are Aimé Haegeman (1861), Marcel Van Crombrugge (1880), Tom Boonen (1980), André Saeys (1911), Alexis Chantraine (1901), and Ferdinand Feyerick (1865). After him are Karel van de Woestijne (1878), August Hellemans (1907), Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794), Robert Lamoot (1911), Hans Eworth (1520), and Aloys Van de Vyvere (1871).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Benoît Lamy ranks 9. Before him are Jacques Feyder (1885), André Delvaux (1926), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), and Gérard Corbiau (1941). After him are Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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Filmography

Oedipus Rex
Director
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
Sep 7th 19676.8 / 10
Life Is Rosy
Director
A young man with dreams of pursuing a career in music moves form his small village to the capital. Along the way he falls head over heels for a woman - the same woman his boss is also pursuing for his own reasons.
Nov 17th 19876.083 / 10
Jambon d'Ardenne
Director
During the height of the tourist season, the rivalry between the manager of a slightly fancy restaurant and the proprietor of a nearby fast-food stand becomes quite heated, and shots are fired. In this comedy, the restaurant is run with an iron hand by its "patronne," and the help eventually have had enough. If that weren't sufficient trouble, the children of the owners of both establishments are romantically entangled, further infuriating the passions of the feuding food fanatics.
Apr 21st 19775.6 / 10